MOSCOW, Jan 26, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A Moscow court on Friday extended until March 30 the detention of Evan Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter held in Moscow on espionage charges which he denies.

"The period of detention of Evan Gershkovich ... is extended by two months ... till March 30," the court said on Telegram. Gershkovich, his employer and the US government vehemently reject the spying charges, the first to be levelled against a foreign journalist since the Soviet era.