GUILTY Russia - US journalist Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years for espionage, 19 July 2024

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Evan Gershkovich, an US journalist for Wall Street Journal, has been sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony by a Russian court. The Russian authorities have accused EG to be working for the CIA, which the US denies.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich jailed for 16 years in Russia

His employer, The Wall Street Journal, has called the allegations "shameful" and a "sham".

www.bbc.com

 

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Yet an other journalist have been jailed in Russia, this time Alsu Kurmacheva, a Russian-American working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She was jailed for six-and-a-half year for "spreading false information about the Russian Army" on the same day as Evan Gershkovich. Foreign journalists seems to be at risk of getting
arrested and jailed for just doing their job in Russia (not to mention the dangers to Russian journalists).

Alsu Kurmasheva: Russian-US journalist jailed for 'false information'

Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced on Friday, when fellow reporter Evan Gershkovich was jailed for spying.

www.bbc.com

 

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*WSJ REPORTER RELEASED BY RUSSIA IN MULTI-COUNTRY PRISONER SWAP

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818975459943522344

 

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*WSJ REPORTER RELEASED BY RUSSIA IN MULTI-COUNTRY PRISONER SWAP

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818975459943522344

US Reporter Released By Russia in Multi-Country Prisoner Swap

Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US, according to people familiar with the situation.

www.bloomberg.com

US Reporter Released by Russia in Multi-Country Prisoner Swap

 

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Anyone surprised about this? The Russian accusations and "trial" against the journalist, and other Westerners, was just a show to get back their own jailed people from the US and other western countries. I wonder whom Russia is so keen on getting back to Moscow.