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A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service employee guards a corridor leading to a courtroom as journalists sit inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A view of the court building with the words reading, "Palace of justice," on the front in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, prior to a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)
A woman uses her smart phone in front of the court building with the words reading, "Palace of justice," on the front in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, prior to a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. Gershkovich has attended a hearing behind closed doors in his trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Closing arguments are set for Friday. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Evan Gershkovich's lawyer Maria Korchagina walks to a courtroom inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service employee guards a corridor leading to a courtroom as journalists sit inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service officer guards a corridor leading to a courtroom as a janitor washes the floor inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service employee guards a corridor leading to a courtroom inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The state prosecutor Mikael Ozdoev walks to a courtroom inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Lady Justice statue is seen atop of the court building as it rains in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, after a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Gershkovich has attended a hearing behind closed doors in his trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Closing arguments are set for Friday. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service officer guards a corridor leading to a courtroom inside the court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, during a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A Russian Federal Bailiffs Service prisoner transport vehicle moves into the courtyard in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, prior to a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
People walk past the court building with the words reading, "Palace of justice," on the front in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, July 18, 2024, prior to a hearing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's suspected spying activities. Gershkovich has attended a hearing behind closed doors in his trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. Closing arguments are set for Friday. Authorities arrested the 32-year-old journalist on March 29, 2023, while he was on a reporting trip and claimed without offering any evidence that he was gathering secret information for the U.S. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)