Proceedings in the secret trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are set to resume Thursday, almost a month earlier than originally scheduled after a request from his defense team, according to the Russian court where he faces a false accusation of espionage.
The 32-year-old American journalist has been imprisoned since March of last year, when he was arrested by the country’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, while on a reporting assignment in Yekaterinburg, around 900 miles east of Moscow.
Gershkovich, the Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny the accusations against him. The U.S. has designated him as wrongfully detained and has called for his immediate release.
