The trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than a year for alleged espionage, began on Wednesday, in a case decried as a sham by his supporters, employer and the US government. The high-profile trial of the correspondent for the Wall Street Journal newspaper is taking place in the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals. The 32-year-old reporter denies the charges. Images from the courtroom showed Gershkovich, wearing jeans and a button-down shirt, standing in a glass cage. Gershkovich was detained at the end of March 2023 while on a research trip in Yekat…