Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendant's booth at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow on Sept. 19, 2023. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption
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Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP hide caption
Ksenia Karelina, also known by the last name of Khavana, sits in a defendant’s cage in a court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 20, 2024. The dual Russian-U.S. citizen was arrested on treason charges in Yekaterinburg in February after returning from Los Angeles to visit relatives. The charges reportedly stem from her $51 donation to a U.S. charity that helps Ukraine. File photo/AP hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. /AP hide caption
American journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial for espionage in Russia
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich looks out from inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pretrial detention, at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, on Feb. 20. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, on Oct. 10. A court in Moscow on Tuesday extended his detention until Jan. 30, Russian news agencies reported. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage before a June hearing in Moscow. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference ahead of a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday. Russia's war in Ukraine will top the agenda when NATO leaders meet in the Lithuanian capital on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mindaugas Kulbis/AP hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, June 22. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption
Evan Gershkovich at a court hearing in April to consider an appeal on his arrest. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
During a press conference in Phoenix on Thursday, Brittney Griner told reporters she wasn't planning to play overseas again unless she was invited to the Olympics. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter in New York Monday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court on Tuesday. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Moscow court has rejected 'WSJ' reporter Evan Gershkovich's detention appeal
People save icons as they clear rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in an Easter attack, in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, early hours Sunday. Kateryna Klochko/AP hide caption
Journalist Evan Gershkovich, seen here on July 24, 2021, is scheduled to face trial on alleged espionage charges in Russia in May. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The national flags of countries in NATO fly outside the organization headquarters in Brussels on Monday. Finland's flag will be added to the group. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
WNBA superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 27, 2022. Griner was released in December 2022 after spending nearly 10 months in a Russian prison. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by Russian officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Thursday. Russia's Federal Security Service said its agents detained Gershkovich in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, accusing him of trying to obtain classified information. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption