{"id":2011758,"date":"2023-08-25T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T09:52:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:52:22","slug":"jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow court extends arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, says state news agency."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says%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=2011758&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 Extends Detention of \u2063Wall Street Journal Reporter on Espionage\u2064 Charges<\/h2>\n<p>A\u200b Moscow court ruled on\u200b Thursday that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail until the end of November, according to Russian state news agency Tass.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200dGershkovich, a 31-year-old\u2062 U.S. citizen, has been held in\u2064 custody since the\u200b end\u2064 of March when he was detained in Yekaterinburg, nearly\u200b 2,000km (1200 miles) east of Moscow, while on a reporting trip.\u200d This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says\/\" title=\"Moscow court extends arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, says state news agency.\">latest ruling means<\/a> he could\u200b spend at least eight months behind \u200cbars.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at the Moscow court in a \u200bwhite prison van, Mr. Gershkovich appeared in handcuffs, dressed in jeans, sneakers,\u200d and a shirt. He attended the court hearing\u200b to learn the outcome of the \u2062prosecution&#8217;s motion to extend his arrest\u200b beyond August 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/2-ukrainian-drones-shot-down-over-moscow-region-flights-briefly-disrupted-russia-5478249\">2 Ukrainian Drones Shot Down Over Moscow Region, Flights Briefly Disrupted: \u200cRussia<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/22\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Journalists \u200dwere not permitted to witness the\u2063 proceedings outside the court. Tass reported that the hearing took place behind closed\u2064 doors due\u2063 to the classified nature of the criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Federal Security Service accused Mr. Gershkovich\u200c of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thursday-afternoon-update-army-training-accident-kills-9-anti-gun-protesters-storm-tennessee-capitol-journalist-arrested-in-russia\/\" title=\"Thursday Afternoon Update: Army Training Accident Kills 9, Anti-Gun Protesters Storm Tennessee Capitol, Journalist Arrested In Russia\">collecting information constituting<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-bans-use-of-woke-gender-neutral-language-in-schools-is-a-danger-for-our-country\/\" title=\"France Bans Use Of Woke Gender-Neutral Language In Schools: \u2018Is A Danger For Our Country\u2019\">state secret<\/a> about the activities of one\u2064 of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex&#8221; while acting on the instructions of the American side.<\/p>\n<p>Both Mr. Gershkovich and his employer deny these allegations, with the U.S. government\u200c declaring his\u2063 detention \u200bto\u2063 be wrongful. The details of his case have been shrouded in secrecy, as Russian authorities have not disclosed the evidence supporting the espionage charges.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the extended detention, the Wall Street Journal released a statement, saying: &#8220;Today, our \u200ccolleague and distinguished journalist Evan Gershkovich appeared for a pre-trial\u2063 hearing where his improper detention was extended yet again. We are deeply disappointed he continues to be arbitrarily\u200c and wrongfully detained for doing his \u200djob as a journalist. The baseless accusations against him are \u200dcategorically false, and we \u2063continue to push for his immediate release. Journalism is not a crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In August, U.S. Ambassador\u200b to Russia Lynne Tracy made her third visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Moscow court has decided that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, according to Russian state news agency Tass. Gershkovich has been detained since March in Yekaterinburg, approximately 2,000km (1200 miles) east of Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2011759,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2011758","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}