{"id":1954014,"date":"2023-06-22T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:53:43","slug":"us-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"US journalist imprisoned in Russia fails to overturn detention on spy charge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>U.S. Reporter Evan Gershkovich Loses Appeal Against Pre-Trial Detention on Espionage Charges<\/h2>\n<p>MOSCOW\u2014In a Moscow court on Thursday, U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich faced another setback as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-call-on-biden-to-relinquish-sole-authority-over-nuclear-strikes\/\" title=\"Democrats Call On Biden To Relinquish Sole Authority Over Nuclear Strikes\">latest appeal<\/a> against his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-washington-blm-alliance-begins-lobbying-state-legislature-demands-gov-inslee-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis\/\" title=\"New \u2018Washington BLM Alliance\u2019 Begins Lobbying State Legislature, Demands Gov. Inslee Declare Racism A Public Health Crisis\">pre-trial detention<\/a> on charges of espionage was denied. Gershkovich vehemently denies the accusations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Although the outcome was expected, it is no less an outrage that his detention continues to be upheld,&#8221; the Wall Street Journal said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. ambassador to Moscow, Lynne Tracy, condemned Russia&#8217;s actions, referring to it as &#8220;hostage diplomacy.&#8221; She expressed her disappointment after the judge rejected the application for Gershkovich&#8217;s release from Moscow&#8217;s Lefortovo prison. If convicted, Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in jail.<\/p>\n<h3>Support from Family and Journalists<\/h3>\n<p>Gershkovich appeared in court wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt, smiling at reporters from inside a glass box. His parents, Mikhail Gershkovich and Ella Milman, who immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1979, were present in court to show their support.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s decision did not come as a surprise, as a previous request from Gershkovich&#8217;s lawyers in April for house arrest, movement restrictions, or bail had also been denied.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unwavering Determination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite the setbacks, Gershkovich&#8217;s resilience remains unwavering. The Wall Street Journal praised his strength and determination in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Russia&#8217;s<\/span> claim that Gershkovich was caught &#8220;red-handed&#8221; attempting to obtain military secrets during a trip to Yekaterinburg has been vehemently denied by the newspaper. The Kremlin has provided no evidence to support their assertion.<\/p>\n<h3>International Outrage<\/h3>\n<p>Ambassador Tracy, who was not allowed inside the courtroom, expressed her extreme disappointment with the decision. She reiterated the U.S. stance that the charges against Gershkovich were baseless and emphasized that he is an innocent journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">wrongfully detained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Russia<\/span> has previously engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-journalist-imprisoned-in-russia-loses-appeal-against-detention-on-spy-charge\/\" title=\"US journalist imprisoned in Russia fails to overturn detention on spy charge.\">high-profile prisoner exchanges<\/a> with the United States. However, Moscow has stated that no exchange can occur until a verdict is reached in Gershkovich&#8217;s case. The trial date has not yet been set.<\/p>\n<p>With tensions between <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Russia<\/span> and the United States at their lowest point in over 60 years due to the conflict in Ukraine, Ambassador Tracy demanded the immediate release of Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine also detained in <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">Russia<\/span> on spying charges.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>He too is designated by Washington as wrongfully detained, a term that means the United States considers the verdicts to be bogus and politically motivated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the situation unfolds, the international community watches closely, hoping for a just resolution.<\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Mark Trevelyan; editing by Mark Heinrich)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>trial. Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. journalist, failed to overturn his pre-trial detention for espionage charges in a Moscow court. The U.S. ambassador criticized Russia for engaging in &#8220;hostage diplomacy&#8221; as the judge denied Gershkovich&#8217;s release from Lefortovo prison. Gershkovich maintains his innocence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1954016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}