accorded to the russian prosecutor general 's office, he is accused of gathering secret information onrs from the cia. about a facility in their region which prepares military equipment. a civic case to be heard about 1100 miles east of moscow. it's where gursky which was arrested in march last year on suspicion of espionage. and the ceo publisher of the water journal called the charges "false and baseless" and that the latest move to a sham trial it while expected deeply disk appointing an outrageous. but imprudent considered dumb i can continued to stand by the charges. >> you believe he is innocent, russian law enforcement and security agencies believe that gershkovich committed a crime which is called "espionage." >> a u.s. state department spokesperson said there was absolutely zero credibility to the charges and the u.s. will continue to work to bring evan home. >> we have been clear from the start evan has done nothing wrong. should never been arrested in the first place. journalism is not a crime. the charges against him are false and the russian government knows they are false

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