U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed in Moscow after a Russian judge on Tuesday upheld his detention on spying charges.
The Moscow City Court judge rejected the Wall Street Journal reporter’s appeal of his detention, ruling Gershkovich must stay in jail pending an investigation and trial.
The charges carry a 20-year maximum penalty. Gershkovich is being held in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.
Gershkovich is the first U.S. correspondent to be detained in Russia on espionage allegations since the Cold War.