The trial against the American journalist Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia in April last year accused of espionage will begin on the 26th, the Sverdlovsk Regional Court reported.
«The criminal case against a US citizen Evan Gershkovich has entered the Sverdlovsk Regional Court (…) The trial will be heard behind closed doors. The first hearing will take place on June 26,” the court said on its website.
Gershkovich, 32, the son of Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union, was detained in Yeterinburg, the capital of the Sverdlovsk region, when he was reporting for The Wall Street Journal, after which he was formally accused of espionage by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia.
According to the indictment, the journalist was collecting secret information in the Sverdlovsk region about the activities of the defense company JSC NPK Uralvagonzavod, a manufacturer of tanks, among other heavy weapons.
The crime of espionage is punishable in Russia with between 10 and 20 years in prison.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has declared that Washington will continue working "every day to achieve his release" and will remain "firm" against all those who "seek to attack the press or journalists, the pillars of a free society." ».
The US Government stressed that Gershkovich has done "nothing wrong" and called on Russia for his immediate release.
President Biden's expressions are the least that his government does in the US, since it functions like a dictatorship that persecutes those who speak out against the abuses of his government. His administration is using the Department of Justice to persecute anti-abortion protesters, particularly the Church. They violate the Constitution as if it were a sport without rules.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has declared that Washington will continue working "every day to achieve his release" and will remain "firm" against all those who "seek to attack the press or journalists, the pillars of a free society." ».
AND JULIAN ASSANGE? That is why almost no one wants to listen to stupidity anymore.