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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will appear in court on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny

"The poll leaves little doubt that last week's debate has weighed on the president's image", said the Wall Street Journal

Journalist faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted; court sets next hearing for August 13.

The reporter was arrested in March last year on a reporting trip in Russia’s Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.

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…

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

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. 

The US, UK and a number of other nations have all hit out at the politically-motivated charges