Russia uses its courts to silence critics, and now prosecutes about 50 espionage cases a year, almost all of which end in a guilty verdict.
Now they are holding an American, my colleague Evan Gershkovitz, and have refused to grant bail.
Evan is allowed out of his cell only once a day.
He will not get a public jury trial.
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I believe they picked him up to be a pawn, and they'll want to trade him for someone else. Same as they did with Griner.
