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Who is Evan Gershkovich? The reporter falsely jailed by Russia at centre of US-Moscow prisoner exchange

The Wall Street Journal reporter always felt the pull of his parents’ homeland, believing his Russian language skills and knowledge put him in a unique position to explain the country to the outside world. But, as Chris Stevenson writes, he would end up convicted on trumped-up spying charges

The Independent UK

Russian court seeks 18-year prison sentence for detained US reporter Gershkovich

Russia is seeking 18-year prison term for Evan Gershkovich, whose closed-door trial on charges of espionage is nearing its end. The Wall Street Journal reporter, who’s 32, has rejected the charges, as have his employers and the White House.

France 24

A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has gone on trial in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny

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A look at Yekaterinburg, the Russian city where US reporter has gone on trial

Yekaterinburg, the industrial city where U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich is on trial, in located in Russia’s Ural Mountains east of Moscow

The Independent UK

Russia starts US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial: What’s next for him?

The reporter was arrested in March last year on a reporting trip in Russia’s Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.

Al Jazeera

Watch from court as US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia for spying

Watch from outside court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg as US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial.

The Independent UK

Russian American woman on trial for treason over $50 pro-Ukraine donation

Ksenia Karelina was detained in January during a trip to visit family and faces up to 20 years in prison

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Russian American Dual Citizen Faces Treason Trial In Russia

Russian American dual citizens face treason and espionage charges in Yekaterinburg amid escalating U.S.-Russia tensions and crackdown on dissent.

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Fatal stabbing of Gabonese student highlights 'daily' racism faced by Africans in Russia

François Ndzhelassili, a doctoral student from Gabon at the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, Russia, was killed on August 18 by a group of Russian men after they harassed him and called him racial slurs. The murder is just the latest case of discrimination and violence against Black people living…

France 24

Biden says ‘serious’ about prisoner swap to release US journalist held in Russia for ‘espionage’

More than 100 days after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia’s Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, US president Joe Biden has said that he is “serious” about a prisoner exchange as a step to free the journalist, AP News reported.

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Former Russian mayor fined $3,245 for 'discrediting' army

Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman was fined 260,000 roubles ($3,245) on Friday after a court found him guilty of "discrediting" the Russian army, Russian news agencies reported.

The Conversation

Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter latest in long line of journalists punished for doing their job

For the first time since the cold war, Moscow has accused a US journalist of espionage. Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29 by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The reporter, a Russia specialist, insists he was there to report on…

Tribune News Service

Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter on spy charges

Russia’s Federal Security Service said it has detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, in the city of Yekaterinburg on spying allegations.

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The U.S. condemns Russia's arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was on a reporting assignment in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg when he was detained by agents from Russia's Federal Security Service.

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Russia Arrests Wall Street Journal Reporter for Espionage

Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet era KGB, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the…

Reuters

US reporter's detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals

A Moscow court ruled that a U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington.

Daily Mirror

Thugs throw punches in bloody brawl on flight as kids scream in terror

Footage shows the brawl on board a Fly Dubai flight from Yekaterinburg, Russia, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, with cabin crew left helpless as punches fly

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin suddenly aborts trip to major Russian tank factory for mystery reason

Vladimir Putin was expected to fly to regional capital Yekaterinburg before visiting industrial Nizhny Tagil where tank plant Uralvagonzavod is based

Evening Standard

Ukraine: Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman detained in Yekaterinburg

The former mayor is reportedly held on suspicion of ‘discrediting the Russian armed forces’

The Guardian - UK

Russia detains opposition politician for calling Ukraine war ‘an invasion’

Ex-Ekaterinburg mayor Yevgeny Roizman said he was to be charged under laws banning criticism of armed forces

The Independent UK

Former Russian mayor arrested on charges of discrediting Vladimir Putin’s army

Former mayor of Yekaterinburg arrested amid new crackdown on war critics

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