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Russian prosecutors on Thursday accused jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich of “gathering secret information” for the CIA, adding that he will face trial in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges. Gershkovich was arrested by Russian law enforcement agents in March 2023 on suspicion of spying, accusations the reporter, his employer and the White House say are false. Russia’s Prosecutor General accused Gershkovich of working for the CIA and collecting “secret information” about tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod in the Sverdlovsk region where he was arrested last year…

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