The guilty verdict and sentencing were announced this morning.
According to theJournal, Gershkovich was sentenced to a high security penal colony.
We will continue to do everything possible to press for Evans release and to support his family.
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, stands inside a glass defendants' cage during the verdict announcement at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg on Friday.Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP
Journalism is not a crime, and we will not rest until hes released.
This must end now.
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President Joe Biden released a statement following the sentencing.
Rather, he was targeted by the Russian government because he is a journalist and an American.
We are pushing hard for Evans release and will continue to do so.
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Gershkovich was detained on March 29, 2023 by Russias security service.
TheJournalquickly denied the charges and the Biden administration declared that he was wrongfully detained.
Gershkovich was a foreign correspondent accredited by the Russian government who was on a reporting assignment in Yekaterinburg.
