American journalist Gershkovich convicted in Russia
Russian court convicts Evan Gershkovich of espionage and sentences him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony, in a case denounced by the United States as political hostage diplomacy and tied to potential prisoner exchanges. The trial was closed with secret evidence, drawing reactions from Biden officials and international media.
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U.S
Gershkovich
Russia
Kremlin
West
Biden
U.N
Evan
Piotr Sauer
The
Guardian
Twitter
Wall Street Journal
Almar Latour
Emma Tucker
Vedemosti
State Department
Yekaterinburg
CIA
Uralvagonzavod
Nizhniy Tagil
Ukraine
Dmitry Peskov
Ukaine
Peskov
Moscow
Maria Zakharova
Sergei Lavrov
Lavrov
USS
Vladimir Putin
Gershkevich
Vadim Krasikov
Federal Security Service
Krasikov
Germany
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili
Berlin
Sergei Ryabkov
Washington
United States
Nicholas Daniloff
U.S. News & World Report
Daniloff
Gennadi Zakharov
FBI
New York
United Nations
Russian Federation
Alexei Navalny
Navalny
Paul Whelan
Whelan
Brittney Griner
Viktor Bout
Trevor Reed
Konstantin Yaroshenko
Moscow Times
Putin
Agence France-Presse
Masha Gessen
Gessen
New Yorker
New York Times
Bucha
Dvd-Info Rights Group
Treason and espionage cases rise in Russia since war began
A rise in treason and espionage prosecutions mirrors 1930s show trials, led by the FSB, targeting Kremlin critics, journalists, and scientists with cases often tried in secret at Lefortovo Prison. Rights groups cite over 100 known treason cases in 2023, with many more unreported.
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Tallinn
Estonia
Russia
Ukraine
Josef Stalin
Kremlin
Moscow
Vladimir Putin
Federal Security Service
FSB
Lefortovo
Putin
First Department
Security Service
Evgeny Smirnov
Associated Press
Smirnov
Crimea
Presidential
Human Rights Council
Andrei
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