for now, was notjournalism. in the last hour, we heard from the white house. these espionage charges are ridiculous. _ the targeting of american citizens by the russian . government is unacceptable. we condemn the detention - of mr gershkovich in the strongest, in the strongest terms. we also condemn the russian - government's continued targeting and repression of journalists. the wall streetjournal has also responded. it says it "vehemently denies the allegations from the fsb", that�*s russia�*s security service, and goes on to say they seek "the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, evan gershkovich. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family." evan gershkovich�*s lawyer says he will be held until at least the end of may and added this outside the court. translation: iwasn't allowed into the court i although i should've been. i contacted the office _ of criminal cases, and they told me they did not have this case. now this story stretches across russia. the hearing today was in moscow, but we need to go 1800 kilometres to the east to see