 Krishkovich was accused by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office of gathering secret information on orders from the CEA about Erlovaganzevoid, the plant about 150 kilometers north of Yekaterinburg, that produces and repairs tanks and other military equipment. The trial is taking place behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg. The city is in the Ural Mountains. The 32-year-old journalist was detained there while on a reporting trip in March of 2023.