MOSCOW, January 26 Moscow's Lefortovo Court kept Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, in pre-trial detention until March 30, they reported in court.
«The court decision extended the period of detention in relation to Gershkovich Evan, accused of committing a crime under Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, for two months, that is, until March 30,» the court said.
On March 30, 2023, the Russian FSB announced that Gershkovich was detained in Yekaterinburg on suspicion of espionage in the interests of the US government. According to the Russian intelligence service, the American collected information constituting a state secret “about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.” The capital's court arrested the journalist at the end of March for two months. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Gershkovich was caught red-handed.