US journalist Evan Gershkovich goes on trial for espionage in Russia, with a conviction all but certain

 US journalist Evan Gershkovich goes on trial for espionage in Russia, with a conviction all but certain

The 32-year-old journalist appeared in the court in a glass defendants’ cage, his head shaved and wearing a black-and-blue plaid shirt.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Ural Mountains city on espionage charges that he, his …