text:  Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, accused by the authorities of spying, of gathering classified information about a Russian defense plant about 100 miles from Yekaterinburg. Mr. Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal, his employer, the U.S. government, firmly reject the accusation and point out he was an accredited foreign correspondent in Moscow. He was doing his job, journalism. So that's the background to the case.