WSJ correspondent Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court, Yekaterinburg, Russia, 26 June 2024., it’s time to stop tip-toeing around an obvious truth: Russia is not a civilized power. It’s a rogue state run by a power-mad tyrant.while in Yekaterinburg in March 2023, are bogus beyond belief; he’s a journalist, not a spy, and Russia has refused to provide any evidence to back its claims.
Putin has already hinted at using Gershkovich in a prisoner swap to free convicted assassin Vadim Krasikov, pointing to theThe boy’s just 15, but will spend the next five years of his young life in prison, labeled as the country’s “youngest terrorist,”mysterious” death of opposition leader Alexei NavalnyYet some commentators still treat Putin as someone who can be placated; they argue that the United States goaded him into war, and that his actions are reasonable.