{"id":1954019,"date":"2023-06-22T11:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-rejects-appeal-of-jailed-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T11:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:06:40","slug":"russian-court-rejects-appeal-of-jailed-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-rejects-appeal-of-jailed-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian court denies appeal of imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich."},"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\">20<\/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%2Frussian-court-rejects-appeal-of-jailed-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich%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=1954019&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>Moscow Court Rejects Appeal of Wall Street Journal Reporter<\/h2>\n<p>A Moscow court has dismissed the appeal of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is currently held in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navalny-speaks-about-faith-in-god-after-russian-court-rejects-his-appeal\/\" title=\"Navalny Speaks About Faith In God After Russian Court Rejects His Appeal\">high-security prison<\/a> in Russia on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trial-of-canadian-national-detained-in-china-for-over-two-years-begins-canadian-diplomat-denied-access\/\" title=\"Trial of Canadian national detained in China for over two years begins, Canadian diplomat denied access\">spying charges<\/a>. This is the third time his appeals against detention have been rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Gershkovich&#8217;s parents, Ella Milman and Mikhail Gershkovich, were present at the Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow, along with U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis was a procedural hearing, appealing the conditions of his continued detention and we were extremely disappointed by the denial of his appeal,\u201d Tracy said, according to CNN, adding that she \u201ccould not speak with Evan directly at the courthouse today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. officials insist on Gershkovich&#8217;s innocence and have labeled his detention as wrongful. The Wall Street Journal has strongly condemned the court&#8217;s ruling and demanded his immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>In late March, Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges during a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg. The Biden administration has been actively working to secure his freedom, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-rejects-appeal-of-jailed-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich\/\" title=\"Russian court denies appeal of imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich.\">situation remains challenging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in May, &#8220;We don\u2019t have a clear way forward in this moment, but it\u2019s something that we\u2019re working on every single day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gershkovich&#8217;s arrest marks the first detention of an American reporter in Russia on spying allegations since the Cold War, further straining the already tense relations between Moscow and Washington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Moscow court denied the appeal of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, held in a high-security Russian prison on spying charges. U.S. officials maintain his innocence. He had appealed a prior ruling that extended his pretrial detention until Aug. 30. 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