 AP News. I'm Ed Donoghue. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of spying in Russia and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security prison. This is a sham trial, sham proceedings, sham charges. This was a quick and secretive trial. Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour says he is deeply offended, disgusted and sickened by the verdict. We were also expecting this to happen.