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Defense Appeals Pre-Trial Detention of WSJ Reporter Gershkovich in Russia
Defense Appeals Pre-Trial Detention of WSJ Reporter Gershkovich in Russia
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His defense has appealed the court order on the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, suspected of espionage by Russian security services.
2023-04-03T21:51+0000
2023-04-03T21:51+0000
2023-04-03T21:51+0000
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evan gershkovich
russian federal security service (fsb)
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"The court has received a complaint on the measure of restraint in respect of Gershkovich," a representative of the court said. On March 30, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Gershkovich, a WSJ Moscow Bureau correspondent, in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage in favor of the United States. According to the FSB, the journalist was collecting classified information about the activities of one of Russia's military-industrial complex firms. Later that day, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow decided to place Gershkovich in pre-trial detention for two months until May 29. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the reporter had been caught red-handed, and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Gershkovich's activities in Yekaterinburg had nothing to do with journalism. The WSJ has denounced any charges against Gershkovich and demanded his immediate release. EU High Representative Josep Borrel, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US President Joe Biden, among many other Western leaders, have condemned the journalist's arrest. Later in the day, Alexey Melnikov, executive secretary of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, said that Gershkovich, currently held in Moscow's Lefortovo pre-trial detention facility, "has no complaints about detention conditions." Melnikov noted that Gershkovich, while in a quarantine cell, is undergoing a medical examination and tests for diseases, including chronic ones, as well as communicating with a psychologist. Melnikov also said that the journalist has a two-bed cell without a roommate yet, and his food meets the established standards. Gershkovich has already visited the facility's library, he added.
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Defense Appeals Pre-Trial Detention of WSJ Reporter Gershkovich in Russia
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - His defense has appealed the court order on the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, suspected of espionage by Russian security services, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow told Sputnik on Monday.
"The court has received a complaint on the measure of restraint in respect of Gershkovich," a representative of the court said.
On March 30, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Gershkovich, a WSJ Moscow Bureau correspondent, in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage in favor of the United States. According to the FSB, the journalist was collecting classified information about the activities of one of Russia's military-industrial complex firms. Later that day, the Lefortovo District Court of Moscow decided to place Gershkovich in pre-trial detention for two months until May 29.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the reporter had been caught red-handed, and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Gershkovich's activities in Yekaterinburg had nothing to do with journalism.
The WSJ has denounced any charges against Gershkovich and demanded his immediate release. EU High Representative Josep Borrel, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US President Joe Biden, among many other Western leaders, have condemned the journalist's arrest.
Later in the day, Alexey Melnikov, executive secretary of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission, said that Gershkovich, currently held in Moscow's Lefortovo pre-trial detention facility, "has no complaints about detention conditions." Melnikov noted that Gershkovich, while in a quarantine cell, is undergoing a medical examination and tests for diseases, including chronic ones, as well as communicating with a psychologist.
Melnikov also said that the journalist has a two-bed cell without a roommate yet, and his food meets the established standards. Gershkovich has already visited the facility's library, he added.
