US reporter faces Moscow court to appeal against detention on spying charges

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Moscow (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Jailed American reporter Evan Gershkovich has appeared in a Moscow court to appeal against his detention on spying charges.

Dozens of journalists crowded together to catch a glimpse of the Wall Street Journal reporter, who is the first US correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying allegations.