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Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendants' cage in the Yekaterinburg courthouse where his trial began on June 26. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images)
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Closed-door espionage trial of American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich begins in Russia

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

(JTA) — The closed-door trial of American Jewish reporter Evan Gershkovich began in Russia on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest there on espionage charges widely regarded as spurious. The […]

American journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023.(Photo/JTA-Natalia Kolesnikova-AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 24, 2023August 24, 2023
American journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023.(Photo/JTA-Natalia Kolesnikova-AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian court rejects appeal to release American journalist Evan Gershkovich

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 22, 2023June 22, 2023
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a court in Moscow court, April 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Sefa Karacan-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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US House passes resolution calling on Russia to free Jewish reporter Evan Gershkovich

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 15, 2023
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a court in Moscow court, April 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Sefa Karacan-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Alliance of Orthodox rabbis calls for immediate release of Evan Gershkovich

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 30, 2023
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in a court in Moscow court, April 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Sefa Karacan-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Russia extends pretrial detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich until August

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 23, 2023May 23, 2023
Evan Gershkovich, a Moscow correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, has been arrested in Russia and charged with espionage. His colleague Shayndi Raice is calling on Jews to place an empty seat at their seder table as a gesture of support. (Photo/JTA-Dimitar Dilkoff-AFP via Getty Images; #FreeEvan image via Twitter)
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A new symbol at some Passover seders: an empty seat for Evan Gershkovich, Jewish journalist jailed in Russia

by David I. Klein and JTA April 7, 2023

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