Evan Gershkovich
Evan Gershkovich, born 1991, Moscow. Charges: Article 276, Russian Criminal Code (Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the…); “Evan Gershkovich's espionage case”. Sentence (July 19, 2024): 16 years' imprisonment in a strict regime colony. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists
Sentence
16 years
imprisonment in a strict regime colony
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 276, Russian Criminal Code — Transferring, collecting, stealing, or storing information classified as state secret with the intent to transfer to a foreign state, organization, or their representatives.
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation team, he was engaged in collecting information about one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
Latest event
August 1, 2024 — persecution ends
Timeline
· Persecution ends
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 16 years
· Persecution begins
Evan Gershkovich's espionage case
Criminal case
Evan Gershkovich's espionage case
Details and sources
Full summary
Correspondent of The Wall Street Journal. He was detained on March 29, 2023 in Yekaterinburg, where he was working on a material about the attitudes of the public to the PMC Wagner, after which he was taken to Moscow, where he was taken into custody. The materials of the case are almost completely classified. According to the publication where the journalist works, he was under surveillance even before his detention. Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer for First Department, stressed that this is the first criminal case of espionage against a foreign journalist in the Russian Federation. On July 19, Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a strict regime colony. On August 1, 2024, Gershkovich was released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States.
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 276, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.