Evan Gershkovich, a former Wall Street Journal columnist in prison, was formally charged with spying “on guidelines from the CIA” by the Russian Prosecutor General’s office.
In the Steppes area of Yekaterinburg in March of last year, Gershkovich, 32, was detained by Federal Security Service providers on espionage-related rumors that he and the newspapers have denied. The State Department has fully determined that he’s “wrongfully detained”, allowing the U. S. to communicate on his representative.
The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the journalist of gathering” secret” information about the Uralvagonzavod plant’s creation and maintenance process in a statement released on Thursday. The situation has been sent to Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, it added.
The proper conviction and sentence of Gershkovich may open the door for Russia to talk about a potential trade deal with the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin told foreign media on June 5 that the two countries ‘ intelligence services were in touch and that the United States was working hard to get the reporter’s discharge.
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