US-Russian Dual National Detained for 'Rehabilitating Nazism'

FILE — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, June 22, 2023. The reporter is one of several Americans and dual citizens being held in Russia.

A man with dual U.S.-Russian nationality has been placed in pre-trial custody in St. Petersburg for "rehabilitating Nazism" in posts on social media, the city's court service said Saturday.