Evan Gershkovich, a 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, has begun his closed-door trial in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on charges of espionage. Gershkovich, who was arrested by Russia's FSB in March 2023, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The trial, which excludes reporters, friends, family, and US embassy staff, has been widely criticized as a sham. Both Gershkovich and his employer vehemently deny the charges, with the US embassy stating that Russia has provided no evidence to support the accusations. The trial is seen as highly politicized, with many calling for Gershkovich's immediate release. Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, highlighted that Gershkovich has been detained for 15 months. The next hearing is scheduled for August 13.
"There needs to be an awareness that free press is under assault. And without free press, there is no free society." — @almarlatour on WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich's trial https://t.co/40y3MamrrD https://t.co/LaR2gwqSlA
“Evan Gershkovich is innocent and his trial is nothing more than a kangaroo court sham proceeding. I am once again calling on President Biden to use the full power of the U.S. government to get Evan—and the other Americans illegally held by Putin... (1/2) https://t.co/Eq3OrkelEP
As Evan Gershkovich's bogus trial begins yesterday in Russia, I am more committed than ever to #bringEvanhome and ensure wrongfully detained Americans around the world know we haven't forgotten them and their families. https://t.co/tJK1l47w7u
As Russia begins a secret trial, Gershkovich is ensnared in a shadowy judicial system that operates at the service of the state security apparatus, provides little information, guarantees no due process and rarely acquits anyone. @mjluxmoore @tggrove https://t.co/0duzdOl6x7
Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan Russia’s shadowy judicial system poses immense hurdles for the defense of falsely accused WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. https://t.co/MMmDmdutYl via @WSJ
Evan Gershkovich’s trial in Yekaterinburg is a one-sided sham meant to legitimize the abuses of Russia’s state security services. Hopefully it’s brief and paves the way for a swap that brings Evan —who is imprisoned for doing his job as a journalist—home. https://t.co/9BVxFVdzo2
“Gershkovich is now ensnared in a shadowy judicial system that operates largely at the service of the state security apparatus.” https://t.co/MT43HmLEbA
Closed trials. State security agents watching judges and prosecutors. Defense lawyers with limited access to documents. This is the shadowy Russian judicial system that is deciding the fate of our unjustly jailed WSJ colleague Evan Gershkovich. https://t.co/Ws243Db31c
Evan Gershkovich’s ‘sham’ trial for ‘bogus accusation of espionage’ has predetermined outcome, colleagues say https://t.co/ZzWpeoKiNp
“The judge now overseeing Gershkovich’s trial told a local news outlet that he had only issued three or four acquittals in 21 years of service.” @WSJ on the secret trial of wrongfully detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. https://t.co/uVRyqjCXs2
🇺🇸 Falsely Accused Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich in Court for Start of Secret Russian Trial ▫Proceedings lack due process, at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow ▫@AMSimmons1 #frontpagestoday #USA @WSJ 🇺🇸 https://t.co/RdFvrLIQfp
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The shadowy judicial system that controls the fate of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich, @australian https://t.co/PmSsrsgjZE
The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison on an espionage charge that he, his employer and the U.S. State Department vehemently deny. | via @nytimes https://t.co/l5wbRdTTPh
The defense team of falsely accused WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich faces immense hurdles in Russia’s shadowy judicial system, which issues few acquittals https://t.co/5NTA7xVwck https://t.co/5NTA7xVwck
The fate of Putin's hostage: At the heart of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s "ordeal is a void — the absence of any evidence made public by the Russian authorities to support their claim that he was a spy." https://t.co/eyjCjgdfUR
I cannot describe how it makes me feel to see Evan, a fellow journalist and classmate, imprisoned in this video. Journalism is not a crime. https://t.co/yAwX4GfxXR
#NDTVWorld | Russia Begins Closed-Door Trial For US Reporter On Spy Charges https://t.co/p2dfRRlSlx https://t.co/vlMqJXDL1a
Evan Gershkovich appearing in a courtroom today was a performance put on by Russian authorities to justify their repression of journalists and independent voices. Evan and Paul Whelan should be released immediately. The United States will not rest until they are home. https://t.co/nHrQcJjqoj
Journalism is not a crime. Today, we stand in solidarity with Evan. This entire case is a cowardly sham by Putin's regime, and the whole world knows it. We won't stop fighting for Evan's release. https://t.co/ZZaEwhD3QI
“Today our colleague Evan Gershkovich faced the Russian regime’s shameful and illegitimate proceedings against him,” said Almar Latour, Dow Jones CEO and publisher of the Journal, and Emma Tucker, its top editor. https://t.co/k9U5bZO7M2
Who is Evan Gershkovich and why has Russia put him on trial. Here's all you need to know about the case #EvanGershkovich #WallStreetJournal #Russia #UnitedStates https://t.co/nCQoAWIcMR
Wall Street Journal editor predicts "bogus" Evan Gershkovich conviction as trial opens https://t.co/Ct871fVgxr
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, an American journalist will be put on trial in Russia for simply doing his job. Journalism is not a crime, and Evan should be immediately and unconditionally released. https://t.co/Ke4H3WbtXF
Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia https://t.co/9qAna27N11
WSJ Assistant Editor Paul Beckett praises journalist Evan Gershkovich for maintaining his “spirits” and “health” while detained in Russia. “We’ve been really astonished over the last 15 months of what a human being he’s turned out to be.” #Talk | @WSJ https://t.co/qi53phCOq6
Gershkovich, a former reporter for The Moscow Times, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of spying charges — an outcome that is all but certain. https://t.co/EeQaXtxujO
Evan Gershkovich, whose trial in Russia starts today, has been detained on “nonsense charges” for more than a year now, @RadioFreeTom wrote in March. “He is being held by gangsters who consider hostage-taking a normal business practice.” https://t.co/azoh0edOZw
Evan Gershkovich appears in glass cage as espionage trial begins in Russia https://t.co/RgUXMFJW9V
EVAN GERSHKOVICH, the young Wall Street Journal reporter who is being harshly detained in Russia as his ESPIONAGE TRIAL is about to begin, will be released prior to my taking office if I WIN the Election on NOVEMBER 5th. Crooked Joe can’t do anything right, although it is likely… https://t.co/qWdyz1vhu4
Evan’s trial began today with a sham trial in Yekaterinburg. This day should never have come. Evan is innocent. Evan is a staff reporter of WSJ and as we watch these baseless proceedings play out, we must not let anyone suggest otherwise. #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeEvan https://t.co/e8LxW4xsbJ
Evan Gershkovich's friend speaks out ahead of trial in Russia on espionage charges: 'Foregone conclusion' https://t.co/Hj7Eglnxz5
My WSJ colleague Evan’s trial began today with a court hearing in Yekaterinburg. It's a sham trial and this day should have never come. Evan was an accredited journalist when he was wrongfully detained by Russia’s security services 15 months ago. Evan, a staff reporter of The…
⚠️ WHITE HOUSE SAYS WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER GERSHKOVICH HAS A SHAM TRIAL **RUSSIA HAS FAILED TO JUSTIFY GERSHKOVICH DETENTION
Evan is innocent. Evan is a staff reporter for @WSJ. As we watch these baseless proceedings play out, we must not let anyone, or any government, suggest otherwise. The time to bring Evan home is now. #JournalismIsNotACrime #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan https://t.co/927FqUehYO
Today Russia began its sham trial for our colleague @evangershkovich who has been held unlawfully in a Russian prison for 455 days. It is an outrage that he is there for doing his job. Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvanNow @WSJ
The trial of Evan Gershkovich is a charade and shows everything that is wrong with Putin’s Russia. The Russian tyrant is as scared of a free press as he is of a free Ukraine. Shame on him and all who parrot his propaganda. #IStandWithEvan
🔊 As Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia, listen to @MarkJTrev on the Reuters World News podcast with insights on the other Americans currently behind bars in the country https://t.co/YucWx0F5My https://t.co/xQ1kNF8SQp
Dreadful to see Evan Gershkovich, a talented journalist and a really good person, having to face trial and stand in this glassed-off defendants' booth. Russian courts very rarely acquit and trials are highly politicized. https://t.co/2owSTFLyIV
🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He remains in a Russian prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵 https://t.co/ll83UMXlp5 https://t.co/sNYkkyGZWT
Trump Observes Start of Evan Gershovich Trial in Russia By Preemptively Boasting That He Will Free the WSJ Reporter: 'Fear Not, Evan' https://t.co/2nUgEkSdMZ
VIDEO: 🇷🇺 🇺🇸 US reporter's espionage trial begins in Russia The closed-door trial began 15 months after Evan Gershkovich's arrest on charges he, his employer and the White House reject as false. Moscow said it has sent the US "signals" about a possible prisoner swap #AFPVertical https://t.co/nAmJheUrYB
The illegitimate charges against Evan are shameful. Journalism is not a crime. I stand with Evan. https://t.co/LCxATV3ZvI
455 days after WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia, an “entirely sham” trial has begun. WSJ editor-in-chief @EmmaTuckerWSJ says she is “confident that everything is being done” to bring him home. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/u7KHTNjUBJ | @StigAbell https://t.co/y5tF5sw3jE
The trial for Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia, is now underway about 1,000 miles away from Moscow. @maggierulli reports. https://t.co/1Et9oV6LxH
🔊 As reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial behind closed doors, find out more about the other American detainees in Russia, on the Reuters World News podcast https://t.co/ym58lRLwcD https://t.co/hciYRtizFW
The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, was set to convene on Wednesday behind closed doors. https://t.co/CvDxK3eqdo
“Evan has done nothing wrong and never should have been arrested in the first place. His case is not about evidence, procedural norms, or the rule of law. It is about the Kremlin using American citizens to achieve its political objectives.” https://t.co/ZpvbJCd62O
WSJ Editor Predicts 'Bogus Conviction' In Open Letter On First Day Of Reporter’s Espionage Trial In Russia https://t.co/ziuX2s3Esn
LATEST: Officials from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow traveled to a Russian courthouse on Wednesday and were given brief access to Evan Gershkovich before the proceedings began, according to a statement. Read more: https://t.co/uuVhiGU0sK https://t.co/f8hD4Iuz1c
The Wall Street Journal reporter went on trial 15 months after his arrest on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. https://t.co/Cd2fVy0Z0D https://t.co/s2ycL2QBvs
⚠️ KREMLIN, ASKED ABOUT POSSIBLE EXCHANGE DEAL INVOLVING US JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH, SAYS SUCH MATTERS REQUIRE SILENCE **KREMLIN SAYS PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR VERDICT IN GERSHKOVICH ESPIONAGE CASE **KREMLIN SAYS IT KNOWS THE GERSHKOVICH CASE IS A HIGH PROFILE ONE IN THE…
As the trial of Evan Gershkovich gets underway in Yekaterinburg, I'm joined by his friend @polinaivanovva, his @WSJ boss Deborah Ball and our own @BBCSteveR on the latest edition of #Ukrainecast: https://t.co/s2DFauurwJ
🔵 U.S. EMBASSY IN RUSSIA SAYS NO EVIDENCE BEHIND CHARGES AGAINST GERSHKOVICH The United States embassy in Russia said on Wednesday that Moscow had failed to provide any evidence to support espionage charges against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and that the… https://t.co/ToruEL6mul
Next hearing in Russia for US reporter Evan Gershkovich is set for Aug. 13, court officials say. https://t.co/jLURJdJqHd
⚠️ U.S. EMBASSY SAYS RUSSIA HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT CHARGES AGAINST GERSHKOVICH **US. EMBASSY IN RUSSIA: GERSHKOVICH CASE IS NOT ABOUT EVIDENCE OR RULE OF LAW **U.S. EMBASSY: GERSHKOVICH CASE IS ABOUT KREMLIN USING U.S. CITIZENS TO ACHIEVE ITS POLITICAL…
The closed-door trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich for Ukraine-related espionage has opened in Russia. Meanwhile, the US and Russian defense chiefs held a rare telephone conversation. https://t.co/rIh335mUnf
The Russian prosecutor in the trial of #EvanGershkovich says that there was proof that the Wall Street Journal reporter collected secrets about a Russian defense enterprise for the US Central Intelligence Agency (#CIA). https://t.co/8LHSOandTV https://t.co/JoXdw1SLih
A shaven-headed #EvanGershkovich goes on trial behind closed doors in a Russian court where the #US journalist is accused of spying. https://t.co/8LHSOandTV
Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvanGershkovich.
Russia "trial" of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich gets underway. As WSJ editor Emma Tucker writes: "To even call it a trial, however, is unfair to Evan and a continuation of this travesty of justice that already has gone on for far too long." https://t.co/ddKUOWqjeg via @WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian court for the start of a trial his supporters say is “farcical.” https://t.co/jL25uG12Nk
Evan stands defiant as behind-closed-doors trial begins on Putin's fake charges https://t.co/m8p9UxEIn5 https://t.co/mJ4VC6Kink
The trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for alleged spying is being held in secret and the state's case for these unjustified charges will never be known. https://t.co/UPm9FPSqOV
First day in the sham trial of our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich. The Russian government already stole more than 14 months of his freedom. He should be released immediately. https://t.co/h3IcyIX9NW
The trial of Evan Gershkovich, an American journalist charged with espionage in Russia, was set to convene on Wednesday behind closed doors. Read more: https://t.co/u5glACdC20 https://t.co/8dJTxeXE44
Evan Gershkovich's trial has begun in secret in Ekaterinburg, the city where Russia's FSB arrested him last year. Beyond surreal to see Evan, a superb journalist, in the defendant's glass cage on these ludicrous charges, for which Russia has not provided any evidence. https://t.co/5rWV7xMXqo
Wall Street Journal’s Grainne McCarthy says Evan Gershkovich “continues to be an inspiration” as he is set to stand trial in Russia today. “We’re coming up to 15 months of Evan’s life stolen in prison in Russia for doing his job.” @iromg | @grainnemcc | @WSJ https://t.co/YIxluNCARt
Time to think of him today .. Journalist Evan Gershkovich appears before start of closed trial in Russia https://t.co/FoYXm7aC14
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will stand trial in Russia, after being accused of spying for the US. Chatham House associate fellow John Lough: “You can’t describe this as a system routed in the rule of law. The outcome is predetermined.” @Iromg | @WSJ https://t.co/DSpAVa6gJW
Evan unimpressed by the farce that Russia calls his trial. Unbreakable. It is time to get him out already https://t.co/2DBnHtlkoL
Assange free. Evan Gershkovich in a fake trial. Not a good day for the arc of justice.
#US journalist #EvanGershkovich has appeared in court ahead of the start of his closed trial in the #Russian city of Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage that he denies. https://t.co/8LHSOandTV
The trial of The Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Hershkovich will begin today in Yekaterinburg - he is accused of espionage. The journalist could face up to 20 years in prison. https://t.co/Qsnmg23LY9
Evan Gershkovich has been seen before the start of his behind-closed-doors trial in Russia accused of spying. Sky's @IvorBennett has the latest from outside court. Read more here: https://t.co/RNzJuomIzi 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/XMgWLa5azd
Here’s Evan Gershkovich in a Yekaterinburg court today where he faces spying charges. It’s chilling and heartbreaking. He’s an immensely talented, thoughtful guy full of integrity who was doing his job as a journalist. He is not a spy. He should be released. @evangershkovich https://t.co/Wy6XafGtHa
Just seen Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who goes on trial today in Yekaterinburg. Emma Tucker, editor in chief of the WSJ writes: “This bogus accusation of espionage will inevitably lead to a bogus conviction for an innocent man who would then face up to 20 years… https://t.co/kWSjAeabGK
US journalist's spy trial due to start in Russia https://t.co/RuuVTZRzl6
No reporters, friends, family members, or US embassy staff will be allowed into the courtroom in the city of Yekaterinburg where US journalist Evan Gershkovich, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted for espionage in Russia https://t.co/0R7txMFZaV https://t.co/TZx2GkswdL
Evan Gershkovich will stand trial for espionage on Wednesday in closed-door proceedings, meaning no reporters, friends, or family will be allowed (@markjtrev / Reuters) https://t.co/4NGcwYHg1i https://t.co/1sgRSUbxK1