Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich loses appeal in Russia, will stay in jail until end of November

The journalist was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kms east of Moscow, and a judge ruled in August that he must stay in jail until the end of November

Moscow court refuses to consider appeal by jailed US reporter Gershkovich against pre-trial detention

Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that carry up to 20 years in prison. No date has been set for his trial, and last month his detention in Lefortovo prison was extended by 3 months to November 30

US ambassador to Russia visits jailed WSJ reporter Gershkovich in Moscow prison

Gershkovich is the first US reporter to be accused of spying in Russia since the Cold War. Washington has accused Moscow of using him for “hostage diplomacy”, at a time when relations between the two countries are at their worst point for more than 60 years because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

US ambassador to Russia to visit Paul Whelan, jailed on espionage charges

Arrested in 2018 in Russia, Whelan was convicted of espionage in 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in a prison facility in Mordovia, a Russian region notorious since Soviet times for its penal colonies

WSJ writer appeals extended detention, Russian news media reports

Evan Gershkovich, who continued to report from Russia after the Kremlin started its massive push in Ukraine, became the first Western journalist detained and charged with spying since the Soviet period

US hunting high-value Russians for potential prisoner swap

The US is on a worldwide search for people who could be put up for a potential swap to release two 'wrongfully detained' Americans, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, both currently held by Moscow on espionage charges, according to a report

'Intensely engaged with Russians': Anthony Blinken on efforts for freeing jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

US State Secretary Anthony Blinken on Thursday said that the US is "intensely engaged with the Russians" in seeking the release of jailed Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich

In visa retaliation row, Russia denies consular visit to jailed American reporter

The Russian denial of the US request for a consular visit to Gershkovich followed Lavrov’s warning that Moscow “will not forget and will not forgive” the denial of the visas to Russian journalists

Russia slams US after Russian journalists denied visas for UN visit

"We won't forget, we will not forgive this" said Lavrov. He is expected to chair several UN Security Council meetings in New York

Russia's security agencies, courts crosses new lines in crackdown on President Putin's enemies

Since mid-March, Russia's parliament has also broadened censorship laws on what people can say about its armed forces and voted to extend the punishment for treason to life imprisonment instead of 20 years