A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully held, reports Ann Simmons of The Journal.
Simmons reports, “In a hearing before a judge at Lefortovo District Court in Moscow, investigators from the Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, asked for Gershkovich to remain behind bars awaiting trial, state news agency TASS said.
“A U.S. citizen, Gershkovich has been kept in Lefortovo prison in Moscow since the end of March.”
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