# WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich says Russia’s spy charges were ‘fabricated’

https://mins.news/en/video/78582

- BBC News, 2026-09-29 12:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpCjdaDET6Q

> Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich spent 16 months in a Russian prison after becoming the first US journalist charged with espionage in Russia since the Cold War. Prosecutors alleged he worked for the CIA, a claim Gershkovich, the WSJ and the US strongly denied.

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