Falsely jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich has prison term extended again by Putin as he languishes in Russian jail

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WRONGLY jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has had his detention extended once AGAIN by Putin’s cronies.

A court in Moscow extended his jail term today until the end of March.

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Evan Gershkovich leaving court today[/caption]

United States Consul General Stuart Wilson attended the hearing, which took place behind closed doors because authorities say details of the criminal case against the American journalist are classified.

In video shared by state news agency Ria Novosti, Gershkovich was shown listening to the ruling, standing in a court cage wearing a hooded top and light blue jeans.

He was pictured a short time later walking towards a prison van to leave the court.

Gershkovich, 32, was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) east of Moscow.

Russias Federal Security Service alleged that the reporter, acting on the instructions of the American side, collected information constituting a state secret about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.

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