Russia Sets Hearing as It Moves Toward Trial of Falsely Accused WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich

A Russian court has announced that judicial proceedings in the case of a Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia for over a year will be held in secret. The first hearing in a regional court is scheduled to begin on June 26. The 32-year-old journalist, a U.S. citizen, was falsely accused of espionage and has been held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison. The U.S. government has been working to secure his release and discussions of a possible prisoner exchange have taken place.