Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich (seen in the middle) was released in a prisoner swap with Russia alongside U.S. Marine Paul Whelan (left).
The prisoner exchange included 26 people and took place in Turkey. The Telegraph calls this “the biggest prisoner swap between the US and Russia since the Cold War.”
Gershkovich was sent on assignment to Russia by the Wall Street Journal and arrested for spying. Whelan was a U.S. Marine who was also charged with espionage. The Biden administration left him in Russia in 2022 and instead opted to exchange Britney Griner last year, who was charged with drug posession.
