Russian court rejects appeal of jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich

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A Moscow court rejected the appeal of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held in a high-security prison in Russia on spying charges. Gershkovich had appealed a previous judicial ruling extending his pretrial detention until Aug. 30.

The journalist, whom U.S. officials insist is innocent, had appealed a previous judicial ruling extending his pretrial detention until Aug. 30. It is the third time his appeals against detention have been dismissed.Gershkovich's parents, Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich, were in attendance at the Lefortovsky District Court of the Moscow proceeding, as was U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy.

“Failing to comply with its obligations under the consular convention enforced between our two countries, Russia has denied the US embassy’s requests for formal consular access on three occasions since I last visited Evan in April,” she said.

 

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