INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months, the state-run
Interfax news agency reported Thursday.The Lefortovo District Court granted the Federal Security Service's (FSB) request to extend
Gershkovich's pre-trial detention until Nov
30 in a closed-door hearing, Interfax wrote.Gershkovich, a United States citizen and former Moscow Times reporter, was arrested in
Yekaterinburg in late March and charged with espionage, becoming the first foreign journalist arrested in Russia since the collapse of the
Soviet Union.The United States, The Wall Street Journal and Gershkovich strongly condemn Russia's spying allegations.Thursday's
months of pre-trial detention.A Moscow court on June 22 rejected an appeal to free Gershkovich
The United States Ambassador to Russia, who attended the hearing, called the decision "extremely disappointing."Gershkovich faces up to 20
