The trial of U.S. Reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than a year for alleged espionage, began on Wednesday.The high-profile trial of the correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Newspaper is taking place in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals.Images from the courtroom showed Gershkovich, wearing jeans and a button-down shirt, standing in a glass cage.
Specifically, Russia alleged that he collected information on the production and repair of defence equipment at the Uralvagonzavod factory in Nizhny Tagil, which lied to the north of Yekaterinburg. “There’s absolutely zero credibility to those charges,’’ said U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller in Washington earlier this month.
Many media outlets have called for his release. U.S. President Joe Biden has promised to fight for his freedom.My journey to winning prestigious Global Sustainability Award in London – Nigerian environmental trailblazer, Abdulrazaq RidwanThe detention of U.S. citizens in Russia often leads to complicated negotiations between Moscow and Washington about a release or exchange.