A Russian court ruled to extend the detention of Evan Gershkovich—the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on allegations of espionage—another three months, Russian state media reported Tuesday, as U.S. officials, who have said he was wrongfully detained, work to secure his release.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow ... [+]
Gershkovich’s pretrial detention was extended until at least August 30, a Russian court ruled, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
His pretrial detention was originally set to expire on May 29 but Federal Security Service investigators, commonly known as the FSB, asked a judge in Moscow’s Lefortovo District to extend the detention and the judge complied, TASS reported.
Gershkovich, 31, has been held in Lefortovo prison since the end of March.
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