Wearing jeans and a blue checked shirt, Gershkovich crossed his arms and smiled before the start of the appeal hearing against his pre-trial detention.
But, after a short hearing, his request for release on bail was turned down, with the judge saying his detention would “remain in place, without any changes”.
Speaking in English, she also told a group of reporters that Gershkovich “would like to prove that he is not guilty, he would like to prove there is a place for freedom of journalism”. The lawyers said they had requested his release under house arrest and had offered to pay bail of 50 million rubles .
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