Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against his detention rejected by Moscow court

Wall Street Journal reporter, held since March 2023 on espionage allegations, to remain in Russian jail for at least two more months

The American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested over a year ago in Russia, will remain in jail for at least two more months after a Moscow court rejected his appeal against his detention.

Gershkovich, a 32-year-old reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has been held in the Lefortovo prison on the outskirts of Moscow since March last year on allegations by the Russian authorities of espionage while on a reporting trip in the city of Ekaterinburg.