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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government dismiss as false

American journalist Evan Gershkovich faces espionage charges in Russia, raising concerns about press freedom and diplomatic relations.

Yekaterinburg, the industrial city where U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich is on trial, in located in Russia’s Ural Mountains east of Moscow

Journalist faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted; court sets next hearing for August 13.

The reporter was arrested in March last year on a reporting trip in Russia’s Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.

Watch from outside court in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg as US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich attended Wednesday a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia, over a year after he became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be detained on such accusations. Gershkovich, whose next hearing is set for August 13, faces up to 20 years in prison…

US journalist Evan Gershkovich will face the start of a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia on Wednesday, more than a year after he became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be detained on such accusations.

The arrest and trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges would have prompted a range of emotions in any outsider who has been a reporter or researcher in Russia. At first, there’s the sense that you yourself may have escaped after running a similar risk of working in…