Gershkovich, who appeared inside a transparent detention box, denies wrongdoing and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Moscow courtroom on Tuesday to appeal against his arrest and detention by Russia on spying charges, maintaining his innocence as U.S. officials work to secure his release and condemn Russia’s purportedly political motives in pursuing the American journalist.defendants' cage before the hearing.Gershkovich appeared at the appeal hearing inside a transparent box, according to images of proceedings and footage shown on Russian state television.
He is appealing against his detention and arrest after Russia charged him with spying and accused him of attempting to secure classified defense information on behalf of the U.S. government. The reporter, who denies any wrongdoing, is under pretrial detention until late May and the appeal will only determine how he is detained until trial, rather than the nature of the espionage charges.
The court could choose to keep Gershkovich where he is detained now—Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which is typically used to hold those suspected of serious crimes like spying—or move him to another prison or grant house arrest or bail.Gershkovich was arrested while working in Yekaterinburg and formally charged with espionage in April. Russian officials allege Gershkovich’s reporting work was a thinly veiled disguise for a U.S. intelligence gathering operation regarding Russian state secrets.
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