Moscow court declines to hear appeal by jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich

He was detained in March while on a reporting trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, about 2,000km east of Moscow

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday (Dmitry Serebryakov/AP/PA)

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in Moscow City Court on Tuesday, seeking release from jail on espionage charges, but the court declined to hear his appeal and returned the case to a lower court to deal with unspecified procedural violations.

The decision means Mr Gershkovich, 31, will remain jailed at least until November 30, unless his appeal is heard in the meantime and he is released.