Russia’s trial against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich kicked off in a Yekaterinburg court Wednesday with proceedings closed to the press as prosecutors told their tall tale of a nefarious CIA plot carried out by the 32-year-old journalist and heroically thwarted by Russian security services.
More telling than the main show trial underway in the courtroom, however, was the bizarre sideshow that unfolded in the hallway directly outside.
One of the few Western correspondents remaining in the country, the BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, was badgered by a reporter for a local Kremlin-controlled news outlet.
