Conviction of Wall Street Journal journalist seen as potential prelude to prisoner swap
A Russian court has convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, in a potential prelude to his release in a prisoner exchange. The Sverdlovsky regional court’s verdict on Friday brought an abrupt end to an unusually rapid trial for Gershkovich, the first US reporter arrested for spying in Russia since the cold war.
We will continue to stand strong for press freedom in Russia and worldwide,” he said, adding that his administration had “no higher priority” than seeking the safe return of all Americans wrongfully detained and held hostage abroad. WSJ publisher Almar Latour and editor Emma Tucker said: “This disgraceful, sham conviction comes after Evan has spent 478 days in prison, wrongfully detained, away from his family and friends, prevented from reporting, all for doing his job as a journalist.
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