 A Russian court has sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerskovich to 16 years in prison after convicting him on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. government have rejected as a sham. Gerskovich was detained in March of last year while on a reporting trip. He has been behind bars ever since. President Biden said in a statement that Evan Gerskovich was targeted because he was an American and a journalist and was punished despite having committed no crime.