OUR Russian Security Service FSB petitioned for an extension for another three months of the arrest of the journalist of the American Wall Street Journal, Evan Gerskovichwho was arrested in March on charges of espionage, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, citing the court.

A Russian court has decided to extend the detention of the American journalist until August 30.

Gerskovich denies the allegations.

Please note that April 27 The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had rejected the request the US Embassy in Moscow for staff to visit the imprisoned journalist on May 11. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the decision was made in response to Washington’s refusal to issue visas to Russian journalists who accompanied Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the UN headquarters in New York.

The arrest of Evan Gerskovich came as a shock because no Western journalist has been arrested and charged with espionage in Russia for decades.

The 31-year-old journalist, known for the quality of his journalistic work and seriousness, faces 20 years in prison.