MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. The Kremlin has no information about when the trial of US national and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, detained in Russia on espionage charges, may begin, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a briefing.

"No, we have no information on the trial. This is not our prerogative," Peskov said.

According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, "acting as an agent for the American side, collected top-secret data about the activity of an enterprise of the Russian military-industrial complex." In this connection, the journalist was detained in Yekaterinburg at the end of March 2023; criminal proceedings were initiated against him under Article 276 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Espionage"). If found guilty, he will face up to 20 years in jail. Gershkovich pleads not guilty.