According to local media, the Russian court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison for espionage. That came after he had been found guilty of collecting classified information on activities by the JSC NPK Uralvagonzavod defense enterprise in the Sverdlovsk region by order of the CIA in March 2023.
According to Xinhua news agency, two closed sessions were earlier held at the Sverdlovsk regional court. Prosecutors earlier asked for an 18-year sentence for Gershkovich, who has denied the allegations against him right from the start.
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