Russian court sentences WSJ reporter to 16 yrs in prison on espionage charge
MOSCOW, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A Russian court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a maximum-security prison after finding him guilty of espionage, local media reported Friday.
"The court has established and documented that the American Wall Street Journal journalist Gershkovich collected secret information in the Sverdlovsk region about the activities of the JSC NPK Uralvagon