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Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

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Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

Photo caption: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26.‎//AP. Article by Rob Schmitz, Nick Spicer, Michele Kelemen. NPR – August 1, 2024.

In one of the largest prisoner swaps between the United States, its allies and Russia since the end of the Cold War, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are among more than a dozen prisoners released by Russia in exchange for Russian prisoners held by the United States and countries throughout Europe, U.S. officials said Thursday. […]

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