US Journalist Evan Gershkovich Ordered to Stand Trial in Russia on Spying Charges

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on April 18, 2023. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo

Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal who has been detained in Russia for more than a year, will stand trial on allegations he secretly spied on Russia on behalf of the CIA.

Members of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested Mr. Gershkovich, 32, on March 29, 2023, while he was on assignment in Yekaterinburg for The Wall Street Journal. He has remained in Russian custody for more than a year since the arrest.