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Journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, looks out from inside a defendants’ cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention, at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Feb. 20, 2024. Paul Whelan, a former Marine accused of spying and arrested in Russia stands inside a defendants’ cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow, Aug. 23, 2019.