The parents of detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich have appealed to governments and media organisations around the world to maintain pressure on Russia to drop spying charges charges against their son as he prepares to face a court hearing at the end of the month.
Mr Gershkovich was taken at a steakhouse in the Ural province city of Yekaterinburg in March, accused by the Russian Federal Security Service of espionage under the cover of working as a journalist, a charge he and The Wall Street Journal strongly deny. His is the first espionage case of its kind since the Cold War.
