Deal includes political prisoners and journalists held in Russia and Belarus being swapped for Russians held in west
- Evan Gershkovich and others freed in major prisoner swap with Russia – live
Evan Gershkovich
A Wall Street Journal reporter, Gershkovich became the first western correspondent to be arrested for espionage since the fall of the Soviet Union. Detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip to Ekaterinburg, Russian authorities claim he was collecting information for the CIA, but have never made public any of their supposed evidence. Gershkovich, his newspaper and the US state department have all denied the charges. He was sentenced to 16 years in jail in July in a speedy, closed trial.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/whos-who-in-the-prisoner-exchange-between-russia-and-the-west
Author : Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent
Publish date : 2024-08-01 16:33:18
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