"By the CIA's task": The Russian Federation will judge an American journalist on charges of espionage

The Russian Federation claims that Evan Gershkovich, the journalist The Wall Street Journal, allegedly collected in the Sverdlovsk region information about the activities of the NPK "Uralvagonzavod", where they repair military equipment. Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code). In the Sverdlovsk region, secret information concerning the enterprise "NPK" Uralvagonzavod ", where they produce and repair military equipment.

"The illegal actions were taken by Gershkovich in compliance with careful conspiracy measures," the department said. The preliminary investigation was conducted by the FSB investigative department. The case was transferred to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court. Gershkovich will stand before a court in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg, where the reporter was arrested last year. The sanction of the article for espionage in the Russian Federation - from 10 to 20 years behind bars.

Gershkovich, the US government and its employer, the Wall Street Journal newspaper, categorically rejected the accusations against him. Less than two weeks after the arrest, Gershkovich was declared illegally detained by the US State Department, which called for immediately to release the journalist. Gershkovich was also called for US President Joe Biden.

It is known that a 32-year-old journalist was imprisoned in the Moscow prison "Lefortovo", and the term of his pre-trial detention was repeatedly extended. We will remind, in an interview with Tair Carlson Putin mentioned Gershkovich. He stated that the reporter received "closed, secret information, and did it conspiracy. " "And everything was proven, because it was taken on hot - when receiving this information. If it were some far -fetched things invented, unproven, it would be a different story.