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Lawyer says US reporter held in Russia retains ‘fighting spirit’
(L-R) Lawyers Maria Korchagina and Tatiana Nozhkina talk to the media outside the Moscow City Court after a hearing to consider an appeal on the arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich, held on espionage charges, in Moscow on April 18, 2023. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Detained US journalist Evan Gershkovich has retained his “fighting spirit,” his lawyer tells AFP after the Wall Street Journal reporter was denied bail in Russia.
“He has a fighting spirit. He’s working out and he knows that people are supporting him,” Maria Korchagina, one of his lawyers, says after the hearing.
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