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US reporter Evan Gershkovich's closed-door trial begins in Russia
US journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial for espionage started in a closed-door session in Russia on Wednesday, marking 15 months since his arrest. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, was detained in March 2023 during a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg. He and his employer, along with the White House, reject the charges as false.
US reporter Gershkovich to go on trial in Russia on June 26
The trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who faces espionage charges in Russia, will begin on June 26, 2024. The trial will be held behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg. He was arrested in 2023 and was accused of working for the CIA, collecting secret information about a Russian tank maker. The US and Wall Street Journal dismissed the charges as lacking credibility. It also condemned the trial as a sham and outrageous.
Russia: Espionage charges against US journalist Evan Gershkovich head to Russian court
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday.Russia: Espionage charges against US journalist Eva...
Who is the US soldier detained in Russia?
U.S. Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was detained in Vladivostok, Russia, on suspicion of stealing from a woman he was in a relationship with. The woman, whom he had met in South Korea, reported money missing after an argument at her home. Black was detained at a hotel while attempting to fly home. He has been placed in pre-trial detention until July 2. Black's unauthorized travel to Russia from South Korea violates Army rules, and the Pentagon is investigating the circumstances of his travel. The case is not believed to have political implications.
What did Putin say on war and peace, WW3 and AI?
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in an interview published on Friday about war and peace in Ukraine, the risks of advances in genetics and artificial intelligence and fears of a world war.
Vladimir Putin, in rare US interview, says Russia has no interest in wider war
Putin made the comments in a more than two-hour interview with conservative talk-show host Tucker Carlson that was conducted in Moscow on Tuesday and aired on tuckercarlson.com. Putin devoted a substantial part of the interview to complaining that Ukraine had been on the verge of agreeing a deal to end hostilities at talks in Istanbul in April 2022, but backed away, he said, once Russian troops withdrew from near Kyiv.
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Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich until end of January
A court in Moscow decided to extend the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is facing espionage charges. The extension sets a new detention period until January 30, as reported by Russian news agencies.
Russia to rule on detention of second US journalist
A Russian court is set to decide whether to place a Russian-American journalist in pre-trial detention for allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent. Alsu Kurmasheva, who was working for US-funded media outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was detained in Kazan on Wednesday.
American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva detained in Russia for over 4 months on 'Foreign Agent' charges, will she be jailed?
Russian authorities have detained a US journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for allegedly violating the foreign agent registration norms. This is the second such case which happened in 2023. Know more about it.
Moscow court extends pre-trial detention of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months: Ifax
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on charges of espionage. Gershkovich was arrested in March and his detention has been extended to November. The United States has accused Russia of "hostage diplomacy" and called the charges against Gershkovich "ridiculous" and "totally illegal".
Vladimir Putin prepares Russia for 'Forever War' as efforts to vilify the West continue
"That Prigozhin rebelled was symptomatic of many social problems, but the way he advanced toward Moscow unhindered also demonstrated nervousness about whether all army units would fight," said Alexander Baunov, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. "Putin clearly did not want to give an order to fire he was unsure would be implemented."
Russia says 500 Americans to be banned, list includes Obama
In a statement, the ministry also said Russia had refused the latest U.S. request for consular access to detained reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces spying charges.
Things in Russia aren't as bad as the bad old Soviet days. 'They're worse.'
In light of what their country is inflicting on Ukraine, it is difficult to speak of Russians as victims. That, in fact, may be one major reason many decent Russians feel that Putin's Russia - their Russia - is worse than the Soviet state whose demise he laments. They had thought their nation free of the horrible tyranny of its past, and Putin is not only reviving that but also bringing shame and alienation to their nation.
UN chief urges all nations to stop targeting media and truth
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 50% increase in the killing of media workers in 2022 "unbelievable," stressing that freedom of the press "is the foundation of democracy and justice" and it is under threat. At least 67 media workers were killed in 2022. In addition, digital platforms and social media have made it easier for extremists to push false narratives and harass journalists.
Russia slams US after Russian journalists denied visas for UN visit
"A country that calls itself the strongest, smartest, free and fair country has chickened out and done something stupid by showing what its sworn assurances about protecting freedom of speech and access to information are really worth," Lavrov said before leaving Moscow on Sunday. "Be sure that we will not forget and will not forgive," he said.
Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies
Russia's clampdown on freedom of speech and its opponents has escalated once again, with the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the imprisonment of opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza for spreading "false information" about Russia's war in Ukraine, and the five-year jail term being contemplated for Alexei Navalny for thwarting prison authorities.
Who is Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter arrested in Russia?
Early in the war, Gershkovich had gone to Belarus, witnessing Russian military ambulances backing up at a hospital 30 miles (50 km) from the Ukrainian border in a report that showed Minsk was supporting Russia's war and indicated that Russian forces were taking heavy casualties.
US condemns Russia arrest of WSJ journalist
US officials said they were in touch with the family of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich as well as the newspaper and that the State Department had contacted Russia. "The targeting of American citizens by the Russian government is unacceptable. We condemn the detention of Mr. Gershkovich in the strongest terms," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charge
The FSB, which is the top successor agency to the Soviet-era KGB, alleged that Gershkovich "was acting on the U.S. orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex that constitutes a state secret."
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