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MYSTERIOUS: Us journalist gershkovich on trial in russia over spying charges he denies | Mind Blowing Facts

The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 26, 2024 [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]

American journalist Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Russia on charges of espionage 15 months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg.

The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter appeared in a glass cage in the Yekaterinburg courtroom on Wednesday, with his head shaven clean and wearing a black-and-blue plaid shirt.

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