The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. have called the espionage trial a sham.
A view of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court building prior to a hearing in the trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, in Yekaterinburg on July 18, 2024.The trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is expected to move to closing arguments on Friday, after only two days of hearings in a case his newspaper and the United States have denounced as a sham.
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Thursday's hearing lasted for more than five hours, with a few short breaks, according to reporters sitting outside the courtroom. A local news outlet It's My City reported that only one witness appeared in court Thursday, Vyacheslav Vegner, a lawmaker from Putin's ruling United Russia party in Sverdlovsk's regional parliament, who has previously said he gave an interview to Gershkovich before his arrest.
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