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Added on the 26/06/2024 08:27:56 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show WSJ journalist, Evan Gershkovich, in a Moscow courtroom for a hearing to appeal his pre-trial detention. The US reporter was arrested on March 29 on charges of espionage and now faces up to 20 years in prison. Also shown is US Ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracey. IMAGES
Russia's expedited espionage trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich reaches its final stages Friday in a case condemned as a sham by Washington. IMAGES
Images show Evan Gershkovich leaving court after his detention was extended by two months. Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter is being held in Moscow on espionage charges which he denies. The court hearing was attended by representatives of the U.S. Embassy in Russia. He was arrested during a reporting trip at the end of March last year in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg and could spend up to 20 years in prison if convicted. IMAGES
S journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands in a defendant's box before a hearing to consider an appeal against his extended pre-trial detention at a Moscow court. IMAGES
Images inside the Moscow court where Evan Gershkovich is to appeal his pre-trial detention in a notorious prison in the Russian capital, where he has been held for almost six months. Gershkovich smiles from behind the defendant's glass cage as he keeps his hands in his pockets, an AFP reporter at Moscow's Lefortovo court says. US ambassador Lynne Tracy was present at the hearing. IMAGES