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☆ Russia hit Google with a fine so big it defies comprehension, exposing a legal system adrift
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | Kieran Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The fine points to a Russian legal system focused more on symbolic punishment than enforcement. All the same, that is what a Russian court maintains the company owes, as punishment for suspending accounts from YouTube. Related storiesLegal experts told Business Insider what it symbolizes is a Russian legal and economic system estranged from much of the world. AdvertisementRussia has effectively annulled intellectual property rights, enabling its companies to freely use patents and designs from Western companies. The scholars BI spoke to did not expect any other nation's court to try to enforce the Google fine.

Persons: —, Dmitri Peskov, Tyler Kustra, Kustra, Heineken, Christine Abely, Abely, Nathanael Tilahun, hasn't, Oleksandra, Snellman Organizations: YouTube, Google, Service, UK's University of Nottingham, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, New England Law, University of Essex, Bloomberg Locations: Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Dutch, Hong Kong , South Africa, Netherlands

☆ Russia fines Google more than the world's entire GDP
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( David Hodari | David Hodari Is A London-Based Editor. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The court that imposed the fine might be in for a long wait for Google to pay up, however. “This should be a reason for the Google leadership to pay attention to this and improve the situation.”The amount the court says Google owes is growing, too. The court ordered Google to restore the accounts within nine months, with a fine of 100,000 rubles (around $1,000) levied for each day after that period. Some of those Russian media outlets have also appealed to courts in Turkey, Hungary, Spain and South Africa to enforce court decisions made against Google in Russia. In the section of its third quarter earnings release titled 'Legal Matters,' Alphabet said: “We have ongoing legal matters relating to Russia.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, it’s, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Dmitry Peskov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Konstantin Malofeev Organizations: Google, Kremlin, NBC, RBC, YouTube, International Monetary Fund, NBC News, Wagner Group Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Turkey, Hungary, Spain, South Africa, Russia, South Africa’s

☆ The Kremlin says it hopes an unpronounceably huge fine got Google's attention
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementAn enormous fine levied by a Russian court on Google caught the attention of the Kremlin — which hopes Google will notice in turn. President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, commented on the sum on Thursday. "This should be a reason for the Google leadership to pay attention to this and improve the situation." Google has not commented on the fine directly, including when asked by Business Insider. AdvertisementIn 2022, Google's Russian legal arm, Google LLC, filed for bankruptcy, and authorities seized its bank accounts.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin's, Dmitri Peskov, Donald Trump, Peskov Organizations: Google, YouTube, Service, NBC, Business Locations: Russia, Russian

☆ Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube. The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to $20 decillion — or around $20 billion trillion trillion. Russian state media TASS reported this week that a Russian court has ordered Google to restore the YouTube channels or else face mounting charges. In quarterly earnings published this week, the company referred to “ongoing legal matters” relating to its business in Russia.

Persons: “ Organizations: London CNN —, Google, YouTube, International Monetary Fund, TASS, ” TASS, CNN Locations: London CNN — Russia, Russia, “, Ukraine

☆ A Russian court hit Google with a fine larger than the world's GDP, stretching credulity
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Russian court fined Google for not restoring YouTube accounts linked to Russian TV channels. AdvertisementA legal dispute between Google and Russia over suspended YouTube accounts has led to a fine so large that it exceeds all the money on Earth. Ivan Morozov, a Moscow-based lawyer, told the state-run TASS newswire that a Russian court ordered the tech giant to restore Russian media accounts on YouTube, a Google-owned company. To put this into perspective, the world's GDP is equivalent to about $105 trillion, a minuscule fraction of the fine. In 2022, Google's Russian legal arm, Google LLC, filed for bankruptcy, and authorities seized its bank accounts, though free services continue to operate in the country.

Persons: —, Ivan Morozov, Donald Trump, Morozov, Nigel Gould, Davies, Gould Organizations: Google, Service, YouTube, Business, Bloomberg, International Institute for Strategic Studies Locations: Russian, Russia, Moscow, Eurasia

☆ Russian court jails U.S. citizen, 72, for nearly seven years on Ukraine mercenary charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

They said Hubbard was provided with training, weapons and ammunition when he allegedly signed up in February 2022, the same month Moscow sent thousands of troops into Ukraine. He was detained by Russian soldiers on April 2 of that year, the RIA state news agency quoted the prosecutor as saying last month. Russian state media said Hubbard had pleaded guilty to the charge. He stood up, seemingly with difficulty, to hear the judge in the Moscow City Court pronounce him guilty, removing his hat to reveal a shaved head. He never learned Russian or Ukrainian, and had few connections to locals, she said.

Persons: Stephen James Hubbard, convicting, Hubbard, Hubbard’s, Patricia Hubbard Fox, Fox, Robert Gilman Organizations: MOSCOW, Reuters, Court, RIA, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Ministry, U.S, Fox, West Locations: Ukraine, Michigan, Izyum, Moscow, American, Japan, Cyprus, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Voronezh

☆ Russian court sentences U.S. citizen Gilman to over 7 years in prison on assault charges
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

VORONEZH, Russia — A Russian court on Monday sentenced U.S. citizen and ex-Marine Robert Gilman to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator, the local prosecutor’s office said. Gilman, 30, is already serving a 3-1/2-year sentence for attacking a police officer while drunk, a charge he was convicted of in October 2022. Prosecutors in Voronezh, a city about 300 miles (500 km) south of Moscow where Gilman is incarcerated, said he had attacked a prison employee and a state investigator on separate occasions in the autumn of 2023. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Russian state news agency RIA said Gilman, whose lawyers have previously told the TASS state news agency that he had come to Russia to study and obtain citizenship, had pleaded guilty to all the charges.

Persons: Robert Gilman, Gilman, RIA Organizations: Prosecutors, Reuters, Embassy, TASS Locations: VORONEZH, Russia, Voronezh, Moscow, U.S

☆ Stephen Hubbard: Russian court sentences US citizen to six years in prison for fighting for Ukraine, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Moscow court sentenced American citizen Stephen Hubbard, 72, to six years and 10 months in prison on Monday for allegedly fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, according to Russian state media TASS. Hubbard, originally from Michigan, was accused of fighting against Russia for monetary compensation and pleaded guilty last month to charges of being a mercenary, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti. Russian prosecutors alleged that Hubbard fought with Ukraine in the key city of Izyum, after signing a contract for about $1,000 per month, RIA previously reported. His trial and sentencing took place behind closed doors in the Moscow court. Earlier on Monday, a Russian court sentenced another American citizen, former marine Robert Gilman, to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting law enforcement officers, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti.

Persons: Stephen Hubbard, Hubbard, “, ” Hubbard, Hubbard’s, Trisha Hubbard Fox, ” “, Steve, Robert Gilman, Vladimir Lavrov, Gilman Organizations: CNN, Russia, Novosti, RIA, Court, Reuters, Facebook, US Embassy, Embassy Locations: Moscow, Ukraine, Michigan, Izyum, Voronezh, Russia, Russian

☆ Convict in Kremlin critic murder released from jail to fight in Ukraine — agencies
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A man convicted in the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has been discharged from jail after signing a contract to join the military operation in Ukraine, state-run news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported on Saturday. In 2017, a Russian court sentenced five men to prison terms ranging from 11 and 20 years for his murder. Among them was Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, who was convicted as an accomplice and jailed for 14 years. “Eskerkhanov signed a contract with the defense ministry in March 2024, was pardoned, and then released from his penal colony,” TASS cited a source in law enforcement agencies as saying. Russia’s defense ministry has since adopted the tactic, forming its Storm-Z units partly out of convict volunteers recruited directly from prisons.

Persons: Boris Nemtsov, Vladimir Putin, Boris Yeltsin, Tamerlan Eskerkhanov, “ Eskerkhanov, “, Ilya Yashin, ”, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin Organizations: RIA Novosti Locations: Ukraine, Kremlin, Russia, Belarus, United States, Russian

As he stood on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews late Thursday night, Pavel Butorin was in disbelief. Days before, his wife of two decades — Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva — had been sentenced to 6½ years in a Russian prison for spreading false information about the country’s military, a conviction press freedom and human rights groups denounced as politically-motivated. “It was only then when I realized it is actually happening,” Butorin told NBC News. While on the tarmac, their younger daughter described how much she just wanted to touch Kurmasheva, Butorin said. "No matter what verdict or sentence a corrupt Russian court issued against her, we know that she’s not a criminal."

Persons: Base Andrews, Pavel Butorin, Alsu Kurmasheva —, Butorin, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, ” Butorin, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Alsu Kurmasheva, Roberto Schmidt, Taylor, Miriam, wasn’t, ”, Bibi, ” Kurmasheva, ” Bibi, “, Kurmasheva Organizations: Base, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Wall Street, Marine, NBC News, Base Andrews, AFP, Getty, White Locations: American, Prague, Russia, Radio Free Europe, Maryland, Poland, United States

☆ 3 Americans returned in Russia prisoner swap may face challenges
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Brittney Griner, left, and Trevor Reed, were released from detention in Russia in 2022 and returned to the United States in separate prisoner exchanges. Getty ImagesAfter the dust settlesWhelan, Gershkovich and Kurmasheva headed to Brooke Army Medical Center for medical evaluations and additional care for as long as necessary, a US official told CNN. The non-profit supports detainees and hostages while they’re still held in captivity and after their release back to the US, Cathcart told CNN. Matthew Heath was released from being detained in Venezuela in a prisoner swap in October of 2022. Matthew HeathReturnees might return to a different family dynamic than what they were used to, according to Cathcart.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Whelan, Gershkovich, Kurmasheva, Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout, Roger Carstens, “, ”, Matthew Heath, he’s, ” Heath, Trevor Reed, Griner, Liz Cathcart, they’re, Cathcart, ” Cathcart, ” Readjusting, Jorge Toledo, CNN reintegrating, ” Toledo, CNN’s Pamela Brown, who’s, they’ve, It’s, ” Arianna Galligher, ” Griner, you’re, Heath, CNN’s Simone McCarthy, Anna Chernova, Nathan Hodge, Jennifer Hansler, Rosa Flores, Colin McCullough, Nouran Salahieh Organizations: CNN, Base Andrews, Wall Street, US State Department, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Russian, Associated Press, Brooke Army Medical Center, Hostage, Citgo Corporation, The Ohio State University Wexner, Resilience, New York Times Magazine, Phoenix Mercury, ” Locations: Maryland, Russia, Russian American, Moscow, Prague, Radio Free Europe, San Antonio , Texas, Knoxville , Tennessee, Venezuela, United States, Heath, “, Cathcart

☆ Prisoner swap underway between the U.S., Russia, and other countries, senior official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Carol E. Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, smiles from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. A prisoner swap was underway between the United States, Russia, and other countries on Thursday, according to a senior Biden administration official. Relations between the two countries had been strained before the invasion, following Russian interference in the 2016 election and its annexation of Crimea. The most high-profile known U.S. prisoners in Russia right now are Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Gershkovich, 32, detained in March 2023, was convicted by a Russian court earlier this year and sentenced to 16 years in prison in July.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, U.S . Marine Paul Whelan, Whelan Organizations: Court, Biden, U.S, Wall Street, U.S . Marine Locations: Sverdlovsk, United States, Russia, Ukraine, Crimea

CNN —A large-scale prisoner swap between the US and Russia is under way, according to a source familiar, and it is expected to include Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and a number of Americans. The parties have agreed to a prisoner transfer and the prisoners are expected to be in the care of US officials, according to a senior administration official. The deal would end a nightmare that lasted more than five years for Whelan and more than a year for Gershkovich. The former US Marine was sentenced to 16 years in prison on espionage charges he vehemently denies. In April of that year, Moscow exchanged former US Marine Trevor Reed for Russian citizen and convicted drug trafficker Konstantin Yaroshenko.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Whelan, Gershkovich, Whelan –, –, ” It’s, Trevor Reed, Konstantin Yaroshenko, Brittney Griner, Viktor Bout Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, Gershkovich, US State Department, Marine, Russian Locations: Russia, Moscow, Washington, Yekaterinburg, Irish, Mordovia, Russian

CNN —A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, to six-and-a-half years in prison, state news agency TASS reported Monday. The hearing, which was held behind closed doors, found Kurmasheva guilty of spreading false information about the Russian army, making her just the latest US journalist to be convicted in the country in recent months. When asked about this possibility earlier Monday, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “I have no answer to this question. We need her home.”Before her conviction, Butorin told CNN he was “so confident that she would get back to us that I bought Taylor Swift tickets” for August this year. After her passports were taken, she was fined and placed under de facto – and then formal – house arrest for months, before being charged in December.

Persons: Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, Dmitry Peskov, “, ”, –, Stephen Capus, ” Capus, ” Pavel Butorin, Butorin, Taylor Swift, ” Butorin, Kurmasheva, Gershkovich Organizations: CNN, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE Locations: Russian, American, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, United States, Prague, Radio Free Europe, Russia, facto

☆ Russian Court to Deliver Verdict on Evan Gershkovich
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A court in Russia was expected to deliver a verdict on Friday in the espionage case of Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, after prosecutors reportedly asked the court to sentence him to nearly 20 years in a penal colony. The proceedings were recently moved up by more than three weeks, and although Mr. Gershkovich is expected to be convicted, a verdict would open the way for a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. On Wednesday, the Russian foreign minister, Sergei V. Lavrov, said that the two countries were holding talks on a possible swap involving Mr. Gershkovich, who was arrested almost 16 months ago. Russian officials have said that discreet talks were being conducted with the United States about Mr. Gershkovich, but that any prisoner swap would come only after a verdict was handed down.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, Sergei V, Lavrov Organizations: Wall Street Locations: Russia, United States

CNN —A verdict is expected in the coming hours in the espionage case of the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, with Russian prosecutors seeking an 18-year prison sentence in what his employer and the US government have dismissed as a sham trial. The court in Yekaterinburg will announce the verdict on Friday at 5 p.m. local time (8 a.m. Earlier Friday, the court heard closing arguments and Gershkovich delivered his closing remarks behind closed doors. The state prosecution service has requested 18 years in prison for Gershkovich, according to state news agency TASS, citing the court. Gershkovich, the US government and the WSJ have vehemently denied the charges against him.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, CIA, WSJ Locations: Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Gershkovich, American

☆ WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A Russian court sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison. Gershkovich was accused of espionage, which he, his family, and US officials have denied. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEvan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was given a 16-year prison sentence by the Russian court system on Friday, according to the Russian state media news agency TASS. Gershkovich was accused of espionage by Russian officials in a case widely derided as unjust and political.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, — Organizations: Wall Street, Service, ABC, Business Locations: Russian

☆ Evan Gershkovich: Russian trial of US journalist resumes after being brought forward
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Sergey Gudkov | Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A Russian court resumed the trial of American journalist Evan Gershkovich on Thursday after it was moved forward by one month. Initially slated for August, his trial was brought forward at the request of the defense. The trial is being held behind closed doors and little information on the hearing was immediately available. Gershkovich was arrested while reporting for the Wall Street Journal, during a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg in March 2023, and later accused of spying for the CIA. Gershkovich, the US government, and the WSJ have vehemently denied the charges against him.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich, Gershkovich, Roger Carstens Organizations: CNN, Wall Street, CIA, WSJ, Embassy, TASS Locations: American, Russia, Sverdlovsky, Yekaterinburg

☆ Russia wants to arrest Alexei Navalny's widow after resistance leader died in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of former political opposition leader Alexei Navalny. AdvertisementThe court accused Navalnaya of "participating in an extremist community," according to the New York Times. Navalny died in prison earlier this year in an Arctic penal colony, where he was imprisoned after the court convicted him of extremist activity. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.

Persons: Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny, Navalnaya, Navalny Organizations: New York Times, Business

☆ Russian Court Orders Arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny’s Widow
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Neil Macfarquhar | More About Neil Macfarquhar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Russian court on Tuesday ordered the arrest in absentia of Yulia B. Navalnaya, the widow of Aleksei A. Navalny, who was a key figure in the country’s political opposition, accusing her of “participating in an extremist community.”The court order against Ms. Navalnaya, who left Russia in 2021, comes five months after her husband died under murky circumstances in a harsh Russian penal colony. He was imprisoned after being convicted of various trumped-up charges when he returned to Russia after a near-fatal attempt to poison him in August 2020. Ms. Navalnaya has repeatedly accused President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia of murdering her husband and has vowed to continue his opposition work. The statement from the Basmanny District Court’s press office announcing the arrest order did not spell out the reason for the charges, but it appeared to be linked to her role in helping to run the Navalny opposition organization. Although she avoided any overt political role while her husband was alive, Ms. Navalnaya has long led the advisory board of his Anti-Corruption Foundation.

Persons: Yulia B, Aleksei A, Navalnaya, Vladimir V, Putin, Mr Organizations: Kremlin, Corruption Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Kyiv, Basmanny

☆ Yulia Navalnaya: Russian court orders arrest in absentia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A court in Moscow has ordered Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, to be arrested in absentia, her spokesperson said Tuesday. The Basmannyy District Court in Moscow accused Navalnaya of “participation in an extremist organization,” her spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a post on social media. She has also been added to an international wanted list, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. He returned to Russia in 2021 from Germany, where he had been treated after being poisoned with Novichok, a Soviet-era nerve agent. Reacting to the court’s decision on Tuesday, Navalnaya reiterated claims of Putin’s involvement in the death of her husband.

Persons: CNN —, Yulia Navalnaya, Alexey Navalny, Navalnaya, ”, Kira Yarmysh, Navalny, Putin, ’, –, Vladimir Putin, ” Yulia Navalnaya, Instagram Navalnaya, Putin “, “, Alexey, ” CNN’s Nathan Hodge, Sahar Akbarzai, Jack Guy Organizations: CNN, RIA Novosti, Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Basmannyy, Siberia, Russia, Germany, Soviet, Russian, The Hague

☆ Young People Demand Change Ahead of Britain’s Election
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Megan Specia | Nikolay Nikolov | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

4:30After the Storm, a Fight for Survival in MozambiqueNOW PLAYINGYoung People Demand Change Ahead of Britain’s Election0:55Israel Orders Evacuations in Gaza City as Palestinians Report Strikes0:21Bodies Found Near Mount Fuji’s Crater0:39Bolivia’s Military Staged Apparent Coup Attempt1:48Following Protests, Kenya’s President Refuses to Sign Tax Bill0:12Evan Gershkovich Appears in Russian Court1:02Nairobi Police Use Live Rounds, Tear Gas and Water Cannons on Protesters1:22Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Must Serve in Military, Supreme Court Rules0:38Kenyan Protesters Storm Parliament as Lawmakers Pass Tax Increases1:02More Than 1,300 Die During Extremely Hot Hajj Pilgrimage0:41

Persons: Evan Gershkovich Organizations: Storm, Survival, Mozambique NOW, Young, Water Cannons, Kenyan Protesters Storm Locations: Mozambique, Israel, Gaza City, Nairobi

☆ ‘This isn’t a trial’: Wall Street Journal rips Russia’s secretive Evan Gershkovich prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Early Wednesday morning, at 2am ET, imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial commenced before a Russian court on bogus espionage charges. “WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Falsely Accused of Espionage, Is Indicted in Russia,” the headline read. “This coverage should not read or sound as if this is a legitimate process,” Cherney said, imploring other newsrooms not to legitimize the proceedings or get trapped in bothsidesism while covering the story. It could take weeks or even months for a verdict to be handed down by the Russian court. But Cherney and her colleagues at The Journal are hoping that the U.S. government will succeed in freeing Gershkovich.

Persons: Evan Gershkovich’s, Vladimir Putin, “, Evan, Emma Tucker, Elena Cherney, —, ” Cherney, Gershkovich, Evan Gershkovich, Cherney, ” Organizations: CNN, The, U.S . Locations: Yekaterinburg, Russia, bothsidesism, United States, Gershkovich

☆ Russian court begins hearing treason case against U.S.-Russian citizen
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Tara Coughlin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Russian court begins hearing treason case against US-Russian citizen
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The trial of a US-Russian dual citizen, accused of committing treason by fundraising for Ukraine’s military, has begun in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Chris Van Deerden, Karelina’s boyfriend, told CNN he had bought her tickets to visit the country as a birthday gift. Karelina is among several American citizens being held in Russian prisons, including journalists and former soldiers. His trial will also be held behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, where he was arrested more than a year ago. Discussing Karelina’s case, the Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov told CNN the FSB aims “to build up a bank of hostages with American passports,” which Moscow can use “as leverage” in any negotiations with Washington.

Persons: Ksenia Karelina, Chris Van Deerden, ”, ” Van Heerden, Karelina, Evan Gershkovich, Andrei Soldatov Organizations: CNN, Federal Security Service, Street Locations: Russian, Yekaterinburg, Ksenia, Ukrainian, Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Russia, New York, Ukraine, American, Moscow, Washington

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