 And I'm Michelle Martin in Washington, D.C. Any minute now, we are expecting a verdict from Russia on the Evan Gershkovich case. The prosecution has requested an 18-year prison sentence in a high-security penal colony for The Wall Street Journal reporter. Gershkovich has pleaded not guilty in a trial that U.S. officials have called a sham. We'll have more on that in the coming hour with NPR Moscow correspondent Charles Maines. But first, with his first major remarks since the attempt on his life last week,