A Russian courtroom mentioned Tuesday U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will stay in pre-trial detention till March 30.

The courtroom rejected an attraction to an earlier resolution to increase The Wall Avenue Journal reporter’s detention by way of that date whereas he faces espionage prices.

Gershkovich and the newspaper have denied the allegations. Russia has not supplied proof to help the fees.

The U.S. State Division additionally has declared Gershkovich wrongfully detained.

The 32-year-old Gershkovich was arrested whereas on a reporting journey within the Russian metropolis of Yekaterinburg in March 2023.

Additionally Tuesday, Russian media reported that authorities in Yekaterinburg detained a girl with U.S.-Russian twin citizenship on allegations she supplied monetary help to Ukraine.

“The Federal Safety Service in Yekaterinburg suppressed the unlawful actions of a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, who has twin citizenship of Russia and the US,” the TASS information company quoted Russia’s Federal Safety Service (FSB) as saying.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Moscow instructed VOA it’s conscious of the studies however declined additional touch upon the scenario.

Some data for this story got here from Agence France-Presse and Reuters.