Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Road Journal whom Russia accuses of espionage, appeared on Tuesday at a listening to in a Moscow courtroom to attraction a ruling that had prolonged his pretrial detention.
He has been held in Russia since March. The ruling, in August, prolonged his detention by three months.
He has been detained in Moscow’s Lefortovo jail on espionage costs that he, the U.S. authorities and The Journal have vehemently denied. The US has stated he’s wrongfully detained.
Lefortovo jail is notorious for the near-isolation and sometimes harsh circumstances imposed on its inmates. If convicted, Mr. Gershkovich would resist 20 years in a Russian penal colony.
In pictures from the courtroom, Mr. Gershkovich appeared standing in a glass field, sporting a yellow sweatshirt and denims.
Mr. Gershkovich met on Friday with the U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne M. Tracy. His household has appealed to world leaders and the United Nations for assist securing his launch on costs that it says are false.
A prisoner change, such because the one which secured the discharge of Brittney Griner, an American basketball star, late final 12 months, wouldn’t happen till after a verdict is reached within the case, Russian officers have stated. Ms. Griner was held for nearly 10 months on a hashish possession cost. The Biden administration is understood to be working to safe an early launch for Mr. Gershkovich.
