The US has moved the case to the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, raising its political profile
Reporter for US newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in this handout picture taken in Moscow, Russia, 2019. Picture: The Moscow Times/Handout via REUTERS
Russia’s federal security service arrested Gershkovich in March on espionage charges widely decried as bogus by the White House, other Western countries, the Wall Street Journal, dozens of media organisations and human rights groups. Asked about the US move on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov repeated Russia’s position that Gershkovich broke the law.
More than 99% of criminal cases in Russia end in a conviction for the prosecution and the country has long been criticised by rights monitors for a lack of judicial independence.
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