JAILED journalist Evan Gershkovich has had his detention extended once AGAIN after being locked up by Putin on bogus spy charges.

The 31-year-old American will remain in custody at a notorious Moscow jail now until January after being arrested last March.

Gershkovich has already spent 244 days behind bars so far.

The reporter was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on trumped up charges of espionage.

Washington has called the charges “ridiculous” and President Joe Biden has said Gershkovich’s detention is “totally illegal”.

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The WSJ denies the charges and has called for his immediate release, as has his family.

Russian officials have not yet provided any evidence publicly to back up their allegations.

No date has been officially set for his trial, however Putin’s cronies regularly continue to add months onto his detention.

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