Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter falsely accused of spying, attended a Russian court Thursday at a hearing for an espionage trial that the U.S. government has described as a sham.
A court spokeswoman said the court had completed its judicial investigation and would hear “oral arguments” from both sides Friday. After that, Gershkovich will be asked for his “final statement” and the court will consider its verdict, she added, declining to give a time frame for those next steps.
Gershkovich, a 32-year-old U.S. citizen, has been imprisoned in Russia since March of last year, when the country’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, arrested him while he was on a reporting assignment in Yekaterinburg, around 900 miles east of Moscow.
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