Verdict in Evan Gershkovich trial expected today as prosecutors seek 18-year sentence

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)

Russian prosecutors at the trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich request that he be jailed for 18 years on charges of spying, Russian news agencies report.

A verdict will be passed in the trial of the Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter within hours, the agencies say. Gershkovich, his newspaper and the US government all reject the accusation of spying.

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