, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the CIA, behind closed doors later in June, a court in the city of Yekaterinburg has said.The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, claimed Gershkovich was trying to collect secrets about Uralvagonzavod, a powerful Russian defence enterprise that is one of the world’s biggest battle tank producers.
The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones say Gershkovich was simply doing his job in Russia and deny the espionage charges. Both have repeatedly demanded that Russia release him.
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