- U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed in Moscow after a Russian judge on Tuesday upheld his detention on spying charges.
- The Moscow City Court judge rejected the Wall Street Journal reporter’s appeal of his detention, ruling Gershkovich must stay in jail pending an investigation and trial.
- The charges carry a 20-year maximum penalty. Gershkovich is being held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.
- Gershkovich is the first U.S. correspondent to be detained in Russia on espionage allegations since the Cold War.
