The trial of jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich will start in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg later this month behind closed doors, the court has said.
The first American journalist to be detained on spy charges in Russia since the Cold War more than three decades ago, Mr Gershkovich has repeatedly denied the charges and nations including the US and UK have hit out at what they see as politically motivated charges – with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter having just been doing his job. Joe Biden has called his detention “totally illegal”.
