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A verdict is expected in the coming hours in the espionage case of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, with Russian prosecutors seeking an 18-year prison sentence in what his employer and the US government have dismissed as a sham trial.
The court in Yekaterinburg will announce the verdict on Friday at 5 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET), the court’s press service has said.
Proceedings have reached the final stage, the Sverdlovsk regional court added.
Earlier Friday, the court heard closing arguments and Gershkovich delivered his closing remarks behind
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