Breaking: A Russian court upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at Moscow's Lefortovo prison
Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/ShutterstockA Moscow court upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the prison where he has beenMr. Gershkovich’s lawyers, Tatyana Nozhkina and Maria Korchagina of the ZKS law firm, had challenged his detention nearly three weeks after the American journalist was detained during a reporting trip and held on an allegation of espionage that the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny.
Mr. Gershkovich appeared at the hearing, standing inside a see-through detention box, according to footage of the proceedings shown on Russian state televisionAt times he paced inside the detention box, moving toward Lynne Tracy, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow, who stood in the courtroom nearby., a status that officially commits the government to seeking his release.provided to U.S. officials since his detention on March 29.
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