Russian court jails US reporter Evan Gershkovich for 16 years for ‘espionage’ | DW News

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A court in Russia has sentenced a Wall Street Journal reporter to 16 years in prison. After three days of closed-door hearings, the court in the city of Yekaterinburg found Evan Gershkovich guilty of spying. He was accused of following the orders of the US Central Intelligence Agency to gather information about a Russian factory producing tanks for the war in Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal and the White House deny the charges.

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