Evan Gershkovich was detained last week in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
on espionage charges have appealed his arrest, a court in Moscow announced Monday.
At a hearing Thursday, Moscow’s Lefortovsky District court quickly ruled that Gershkovich would be kept behind bars for two months pending the investigation.
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