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Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 yrs in Russian prison

Moscow, July 19 (UNI) A Russian court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a maximum-security prison after finding him guilty of espionage, local media reported here on Friday.
"The court has established and documented that the American Wall Street Journal journalist Gershkovich collected secret information in the Sverdlovsk region about the activities of the JSC NPK Uralvagonzavod defense enterprise on the orders of the CIA in March 2023," TASS news agency reported, citing the Prosecutor General's Office.
Two closed sessions were held earlier in the Sverdlovsk regional court.
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