 It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Amy Martinez in Los Angeles, California. 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 Mainz.