Moscow court extends arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in April (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

A Moscow court has ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail on espionage charges until the end of November, Russian state news agency Tass reported.

Gershkovich has been sitting in jail since the end of March when he was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg, almost 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) east of Moscow, while on a reporting trip.