Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Appeals Extension of Pretrial Detention in Russia

Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Appeals Extension of Pretrial Detention in Russia
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on April 18, 2023. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in Russia until the end of November, according to documents on the court’s website.

The American journalist was arrested in March during a work trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, almost 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow. He is the first U.S. journalist since the Soviet era to be held on espionage charges in Russia.