A Moscow court ruled Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported.

Source: https://www.denver7.com/jailed-reporter-evan-gershkovich-s-arrest-extended-by-russian-court

And yet they’re surprised that Gershkovich has been arrested?

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/04/jacob-hornberger/evan-gershkovich-u-s-spy-or-simply-naive/

Asked by White House reporters what his message was to Russia regarding Gershkovich, Biden said: "Let him go."

Source: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-warns-white-house-against-stirring-hype-over-detained-us-reporter-3914805

Both Gershkovich and Whelan have been designated as wrongfully detained by the State Department.

Source: https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/04/25/paul-whelans-sister-attends-u-n-security-council-meeting-to-deliver-a-message-to-sergey-lavrov-n546141

But last Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service arrested Gershkovich and accused him of trying to secure classified information.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/04/02/brittney-griner-concerned-for-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovich-held-in-russia/

Colleagues of Gershkovich claim that he was aware that he might be followed by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) because of the sensitive subject matter.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11929113/WSJ-reporter-tweeted-writing-Russia-watching-people-know-locked-away-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Elements like Gershkovich are spies for the empire of lies masquerading as journalists.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/stephen-lendman/how-the-empire-of-lies-operates/

Evan Gershkovich and the U.S. government vehemently deny the allegations.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/04/18/us-reporter-held-by-russia-on-spying-charges-to-stay-in-jail/

“Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Moscow City court today, where an appeal of the recent extension of his pre-trial detention was denied once again,” the Journal said in a statement.

Source: https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/12/14/is-a-deal-brewing-for-evan-gershkovich-and-paul-whelan-n598951

Evan Gershkovich denied the charges, Russian state news agency TASS reported.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/evan-gershkovich-russia-journalist-espionage-wsj/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

“Evan Gershkovich is a very good and brave journalist, not a spy, for Christ’s sake.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-on-suspicion-of-spying/

Evan Gershkovich, who works for the Wall Street Journal, could face up to 20 years in prison.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/30/russia-throws-us-reporter-behind-bars-accusing-him-of-spying

Gershkovich and the deny the allegations, and the US government has declared him to be wrongfully detained.

Source: https://www.newser.com/story/341210/jailed-6-months-gershkovich-sees-no-relief.html

Gershkovich is held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/04/13/diplomat-russia-might-discuss-swap-for-jailed-us-reporter/

Gershkovich is the first American journalist to be arrested for espionage in Russia since 1986.

Source: https://houstonianonline.com/american-journalist-jailed-in-russia-for-espionage/

Gershkovich is the first reporter from an American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in since the Cold War.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1752677/russia-arrests-wall-street-journal-reporter-dxus

Gershkovich, the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War, and the Journal have denied he was involved in espionage, as has the United States.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/u-s-reporter-gershkovich-to-appeal-against-arrest-and-detention-in-russian-jail/article_5c9a3342-dcb8-5ad5-8531-8331f8180aea.html

Gershkovich, who was based in the UK, would travel to Russia for two to three weeks at a time on assignments.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11929113/WSJ-reporter-tweeted-writing-Russia-watching-people-know-locked-away-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Gershkovich worked in a campus pub and, according to friends, was a great cook – a skill that would serve him well after an earthquake in Nepal in April 2015.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/09/29/evan-gershkovich-wanted-to-explain-russia-to-americans-russia-wanted-him-to-stay-quiet/

However, he emphasized that would only negotiate a possible prisoner exchange after a court delivers its verdict in the espionage case against Gershkovich, 31.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/evan-gershkovich-ap-russia-tass-official-b2319135.html