A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected the latest appeal by US reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention, more than a year after he was arrested on spying charges.
The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested on March 29, 2023 in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
"It continues to be outrageous that Evan has been wrongfully detained by the Russian government for more than a year," the WSJ said.
Gershkovich is the first journalist to be arrested on such charges since the Cold War and the Russian authorities has not provided any evidence to back its claim.
President Vladimir Putin has suggested that Gershkovich could be released in exchange for a Russian prisoner held in the US, but no such deal has materialized as of yet.
The son of Soviet emigres who settled in New Jersey, Gershkovich moved to Russia in 2017 to work for The Moscow Times newspaper before being hired by the Journal in 2022.
The original article contains 258 words, the summary contains 154 words. Saved 40%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
