Russian court hands 16-year prison sentence to detained US reporter Gershkovich
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Russia handed a 16-year prison sentence to Evan Gershkovich in a closed-door trial on charges of espionage. The Wall Street Journal reporter, who’s 32, has rejected the charges, as have his employers and the White House.