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The espionage trial of the American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, has begun in Russia, 15 months after he was first detained by the authorities.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reporter is accused of collecting secret information for the CIA about a Russian tank maker, which he denies.

The WSJ's chief digital editor, Gr谩inne McCarthy, has been telling Newshour's Tim Franks what it was like seeing her colleague in the dock in the city of Yekaterinburg.

(Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich smiles inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 26 June 2024. Credit: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)