Moscow - The Russian court sentenced the American journalist Ivan Garish Kovich, who was arrested on the charge of espionage, to 16 years of imprisonment for espionage.
According to the global media report, 32-year-old American journalist Kirsh Kovish and his broadcasting company tried to prove themselves innocent in court, but the court pronounced the sentence. The court heard in a closed room and on this occasion, security was also present Strict arrangements were made. The American journalist was presented in a cage in the court of Judge Andrey Miniov. The judge asked the journalist if he had anything to prove his innocence and he replied in the negative.
According to the report, the American journalist was associated with the Wall Street Journal. In response to the court's sentencing, the organization said that Gergej Kovich was doing his work as a journalist in Russia and was prevented from reporting by the Moscow administration several times.
The editor-in-chief said that our journalist has been sentenced after 478 days in prison, he was arrested and kept in jail about 16 months ago and was not even given the right to defend himself.
The court wrote in its decision that the journalist has 15 days to file an appeal against the decision
According to Russian media reports, the journalist was arrested on March 29, 2023, while reporting in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. He was accused by prosecutors of collecting classified information about Uralvagonzavod, a Russian war tank plant in Ukraine, at the behest of the CIA.
