Live: US reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia for spying

Espionage trial of detained US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), starts in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.
The trial will be held behind closed doors at the Sverdlovsk Regional Court.
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