Closing arguments begin in Russian trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)

A Russian court begins hearing closing arguments in the trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been charged with “espionage” in a case condemned as a sham by Washington.

“The judge has entered the courtroom. The closing arguments have begun,” court spokeswoman Yekaterina Maslennikova tells journalists at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, where the trial of the Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter is taking place behind closed doors.

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