Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich set to be released by Russia in prisoner swap

The Jewish American journalist was sentenced to 16 years in prison

By Felix Pope

1 min read
Journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, stands inside a cage as his verdict is announced (Photo: Getty Images)
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, found guilty of espionage on 19 July, 2024 by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was detained by the FSB in March 2023 on "sham" charges of spying. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
Evan Gershkovich

Journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in ‘sham’ Russian espionage trial

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, looks out from inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention, at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on February 20, 2024. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained last March on spying charges during a reporting trip to the Urals. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
Evan Gershkovich

Evan Gershkovich’s year-long detention in Russia extended three months

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read
US President Joe Biden speaks during the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 1, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Joe Biden

Joe Biden hails ‘courage’ of Jewish American reporter detained in Russia

By Felix Pope

1 min read
2PNC0JY Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Evan Gershkovich is just a pawn in Russia’s cynical hostage game

3 min read

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