US reporter Evan Gershkovich had been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia on espionage charges. Five of them come from Russia and three from the US: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva. One of these is Evan Gershkovich, correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Detention in YekaterinburgRussia's war in Ukraine had been going on for about a year when Evan Gershkovich arrived in Yekaterinburg, in the foothills of the Ural Mountains, on March 29, 2023. And Gershkovich wasn't the only American detained in Russia: Roughly a dozen US citizens are being held in Russian prisons.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 03, 2024 17:16 UTC