September 19, 2024

AndronETalksNews

AndronETalksNews

Russia jails US journalist Gershkovich for 16 years

BBC

By Matt Murphy,
Robert Greenall,
BBC News

July 19, 2024

US journalist Evan Gershkovich has been found guilty of espionage by a Russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a “sham” by his employer, his family and the White House.


The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter was first arrested last March while on a reporting trip in the city of Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow, by security services.

Read more…