Evan Gershkovich
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Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich loses appeal in Russia, will stay in jail until end of November
•The journalist was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kms east of Moscow, and a judge ruled in August that he must stay in jail until the end of November
Moscow court refuses to consider appeal by jailed US reporter Gershkovich against pre-trial detention
Fp Staff •Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that carry up to 20 years in prison. No date has been set for his trial, and last month his detention in Lefortovo prison was extended by 3 months to November 30
US ambassador to Russia visits jailed WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison
Fp Staff •Gershkovich is the first US reporter to be accused of spying in Russia since the Cold War. Washington has accused Moscow of using him for “hostage diplomacy”, at a time when relations between the two countries are at their worst point for more than 60 years because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
US ambassador to Russia to visit Paul Whelan, jailed on espionage charges
Fp Staff •Arrested in 2018 in Russia, Whelan was convicted of espionage in 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in a prison facility in Mordovia, a Russian region notorious since Soviet times for its penal colonies
WSJ writer appeals extended detention, Russian news media reports
Fp Staff •Evan Gershkovich, who continued to report from Russia after the Kremlin started its massive push in Ukraine, became the first Western journalist detained and charged with spying since the Soviet period
US hunting high-value Russians for potential prisoner swap
Fp Staff •The US is on a worldwide search for people who could be put up for a potential swap to release two 'wrongfully detained' Americans, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, both currently held by Moscow on espionage charges, according to a report
'Intensely engaged with Russians': Anthony Blinken on efforts for freeing jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
Fp Staff •US State Secretary Anthony Blinken on Thursday said that the US is "intensely engaged with the Russians" in seeking the release of jailed Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich
In visa retaliation row, Russia denies consular visit to jailed American reporter
Fp Staff •The Russian denial of the US request for a consular visit to Gershkovich followed Lavrov’s warning that Moscow “will not forget and will not forgive” the denial of the visas to Russian journalists
Russia slams US after Russian journalists denied visas for UN visit
Fp Staff •"We won't forget, we will not forgive this" said Lavrov. He is expected to chair several UN Security Council meetings in New York
Russia's security agencies, courts crosses new lines in crackdown on President Putin's enemies
Fp Staff •Since mid-March, Russia's parliament has also broadened censorship laws on what people can say about its armed forces and voted to extend the punishment for treason to life imprisonment instead of 20 years