Friends of US journalist Evan Gershkovich describe his life before he was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 13:22

A detained journalist looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage — Evan Gershkovich, a US journalist accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was sentenced Friday to 16 years in a Russian prison.
Detained in Russia since March 2023, the 32-year-old was found guilty on espionage charges.
Gershkovich's friends describe his life in college and living in New York before he was detained.

Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a Russian court found him guilty of espionage on Friday.