U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years on Russian espionage charges
![Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the building of "Palace of justice," in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Friday, July 19, 2024. A Russian court convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secretive and rapid trial in the country's highly politicized legal system. A man looks through a glass enclosure](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7268966.1721393269!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/russia-us-reporter.jpg)
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday in Russia of espionage and sentenced to 16 years on charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated.