Report: High-Stakes Prisoner Swap Between Russia and the US Set to Include Jailed WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich
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The United States and Russia are reportedly negotiating a high-stakes prisoner swap that could see Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian penal colony.
Gershkovich was sentenced last month to 16 years in prison after being convicted of espionage.
The Wall Street Journal has been vocal in its support for Gershkovich, who has spent more than a year behind bars since his arrest in March 2023 while covering news in Yekaterinburg.
Western Journal previously reported:
Evan Gershkovich was ordered to serve the sentence at a high-security penal colony, the Journal reported.
“The court’s Friday verdict — after three days of hearings — was widely viewed as a foregone conclusion,
