 So the trial itself had been closed, held behind closed doors. The media weren't allowed in, diplomats weren't allowed in, but we were allowed in for the end of the trial, for the verdict. And we saw Mr. Gershkiewicz standing in the metal glass cage that passes as the dock in a Russian courtroom. Then in came the judge, read out the verdict, guilty, and sentenced Evan Gershkiewicz to 16 years in a high-security penal colony.