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US journalist Evan Gershkovich attended Wednesday a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia, over a year after he became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be detained on such accusations. Gershkovich, whose next hearing is set for August 13, faces up to 20 years in prison…

US journalist Evan Gershkovich will face the start of a closed-door trial on espionage charges in Russia on Wednesday, more than a year after he became the first Western journalist since the Soviet era to be detained on such accusations.

The arrest and trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges would have prompted a range of emotions in any outsider who has been a reporter or researcher in Russia. At first, there’s the sense that you yourself may have escaped after running a similar risk of working in…

U.S. citizens jailed in Russia include a Wall Street Journal reporter, a vacationing corporate security executive and a dual national visiting her family in Tatarstan

U.S. lawmakers visited former IRS Special Agent Tigran Gambaryan in the Nigerian prison where he has suffered malaria and pneumonia.

American citizen Paul Whelan advocates for his release after surpassing 2,000 days in Russian custody. Efforts continue to secure his return.

Former ballerina Ksenia Karelina faces treason charges in Russia for alleged American spy activities, raising concerns about human rights and freedom of ex...

Ksenia Karelina was detained in January during a trip to visit family and faces up to 20 years in prison

Russia said Wednesday it had presented its ideas for a prisoner swap to the United States and was waiting for a response, days before it was set to put US reporter Evan Gershkovich on trial.

Sentence expands list of US citizens detained in Russia as Moscow says awaiting response on prisoner swap proposals.

Over a year into detention in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial in an espionage case will begin in secrecy on June 26, the WSJ reported, citing the Russian state media. The US is reportedly trying to get access to the trial and consular access to Gershkovich.