Moscow Court Rejects Wall Street Journal Reporter's Appeal for Release

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Moscow Court Rejects Wall Street Journal Reporter's Appeal for Release
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A Moscow court has rejected an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and upheld an earlier ruling that he should remain in jail on espionage charges until late August. The 31-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March while on a reporting trip. Gershkovich and his employer have denied he spied in Russia. The U.S. government has declared him to be wrongfully detained and demanded his immediate release.

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