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A United States reporter who works for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for “espionage,” a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as a sham.

Russia has a policy of not exchanging prisoners internationally unless they have already been convicted, potentially paving the way for Gershkovich to be swapped in a deal.

The 32-year-old, who pleaded not guilty, became the first journalist in Russia to be charged with spying since the Cold War when he was detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in March 2023.

Gershkovich was sentenced to “punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 16 years in a strict regime colony,” Judge Andrei Mineyev said, announcing the verdict as the reporter stood in a glass cage.

The US Government and his employer said the charges against him are false and believe he is being held as a “bargaining chip” to secure the release of Russians convicted abroad...


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https://applesbite.com/us-reporter-bags16-years-jail-term-for-spying-on-russia/

Released in the prisoner swap hours ago. Lol
What's this post about.

I'm guessing clickbait.

bestofnollywood:
A United States reporter who works for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony on Friday for “espionage,” a verdict reached after three weeks of secretive hearings condemned by Washington as a sham.
Russia has a policy of not exchanging prisoners internationally unless they have already been convicted, potentially paving the way for Gershkovich to be swapped in a deal.
The 32-year-old, who pleaded not guilty, became the first journalist in Russia to be charged with spying since the Cold War when he was detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg in March 2023.
Gershkovich was sentenced to “punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 16 years in a strict regime colony,” Judge Andrei Mineyev said, announcing the verdict as the reporter stood in a glass cage.
The US Government and his employer said the charges against him are false and believe he is being held as a “bargaining chip” to secure the release of Russians convicted abroad...

YEYE BLOGGA-BLOGGA WRITING ARRANT NONSENSE ONLINE...
the dude was released yesterday and is already back in the US with his own family