Moscow court upholds detention of US journalist Gershkovich until March 30

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich against the extension of his pre-trial detention period.

Gershkovich, jailed last year on espionage charges that he rejects, “will remain in custody until March 30,” the press service for Moscow courts said.