Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appeared in a Russian court to stand trial in a secret proceeding on charges of espionage amid US efforts to secure his release in a prisoner exchange.
Video footage published by state media showed Gershkovich standing in a glass cage at a district court in Ekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s defence-industrial heartland in the Ural Mountains, ahead of the hearing on Wednesday.
Gershkovich faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison if he is found guilty of espionage.
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