JAILED journalist Evan Gershkovich has had his detention extended once AGAIN after being locked up by Putin on bogus spy charges.
The 31-year-old American will now remain in custody at a notorious Moscow jail for another two months until the end of January.
AFPEvan Gershkovich (pictured today) faces another two months behind bars on trumped up charges of ‘espionage’[/caption]
EPARussian authorities have failed to release any evidence against the US journalist[/caption]
Gershkovich has already spent 244 days behind bars so far.
A Moscow court ruled today that his detention would be extended until January 30, Russian news reported.
The hearing took place on Tuesday behind closed doors because authorities say details of the criminal case against the American journalist are classified.
The Wall Street Journal reporter was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on trumped up charges of espionage.
Washington has repeatedly called the charges “ridiculous” and President Joe Biden branded Gershkovich’s detention as “totally illegal”.
The WSJ denies the charges and has called for his immediate release, as has his family.
Russian officials have not yet provided any evidence to support the espionage charges.
The FSB alleges that Gershkovich, acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
No date has been officially set for his trial, however Putin’s cronies regularly continuously extend his detention as he languishes inside Moscow’s hellhole Lefortovo prison.
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