The U.S. on Monday designated Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia and charged with espionage, as "wrongfully detained." The term, the same one applied to Brittney Griner, means the U.S. government sees Gershkovich as the equivalent of a political hostage.
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South Korea downplayed the trove of classified Pentagon documents about ammunition for Ukraine leaked through social media. The leaked documents suggest that the U.S. has been spying on top national security officials in President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration.
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian dissident politician on trial in Moscow for opposing the war in Ukraine, said on Monday that the forgone conclusion of his trial was reminiscent of Stalinist show trials. The prosecution has called for a sentence of 25 years.