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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Prisoner swap: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris greet U.S. prisoners

The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on August 1, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place. President Joe Biden said it “feels wonderful” …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan Land In U.S. After Prisoner Swap

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two others arrived home to the United States late Thursday night after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia. President Biden and Vice President Harris greet Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva freed from Russia at Joint Base Andrews. When asked what his message to Putin would be, Biden …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Who are the prisoners being released by Russia and the West?

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It's believed to be the largest prisoner swap between the West and Russia since the Cold War. He was charged with spreading false information about the Russian military, following the introduction of new laws that criminalised dissent against Mr Putin's war in Ukraine. She was charged with spreading false information about Russia's military and last month was sentenced to six-and-a-half …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Russia on Thursday completed their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released Russians in their custody as part of the exchange. Here are some things to know: Who was freed Vice President Kamala Harris, right, looks on at Paul …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others freed in prisoner exchange

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Washington: The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place. The trade followed years of secretive back-channel …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, greets reporter Evan Gershkovich at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Trump loses his hostage': Biden applauded for release of Gershkovich and Whelan

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The Biden administration has secured the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian prisons as part of a prisoner swap, which wipes away one of Donald Trump's baffling campaign promises. "Trump loses his hostage as Evan Gershkovich is released," said Eric Columbus, former litigator for the U.S. House general counsel. "Wonderful …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva released from Russia in major prisoner swap

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Three Americans who were sentenced to years in Russian penal colonies after secret "sham" trials are among 24 people who have been freed under the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, the US says. The freed Americans include the Wall Street Journal's Moscow correspondent Evan Gershkovich and car parts company executive Paul Whelan, who were each serving 16-year …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

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 toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images 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 …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards

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There were no aides and no note-takers in the Oval Office—just President Biden and his German guest. “Putin will take more and more Americans," said Fiona Hill, who sat across the table from Russia’s president as the top Russia adviser for President Trump. The president and his national security team feared Putin would sense weakness if the U.S. started eagerly …

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1 year ago

US made offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejected it

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has made a new and significant offer aimed at securing the release of American detainees Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, but Russia has rejected the offer, the State Department said Tuesday. Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan, has been jailed in Russia since his December 2018 arrest on espionage-related charges that both he and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

White House calls video of imprisoned US citizen Paul Whelan ‘reassuring’

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Whelan has been detained in Russia for more than four years on espionage charges that he and the US say are illegitimate. The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said that it was comforted to see video footage of Paul Whelan, a US citizen jailed in Russia on espionage charges. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House spokesperson …

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1 year, 8 months ago

US envoy to UN urges Russian foreign minister to free detainees

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At the UN Security Council, US envoy says Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich have been used by Moscow as ‘human pawns’. The United States envoy to the United Nations has made a direct appeal to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, urging him to release two US citizens currently detained in Russia. During a UN Security Council meeting on Monday chaired …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Russia says 'unacceptable' for US to politicise case of detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken it was unacceptable for Washington to politicise the case of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained and accused of spying in Russia. Key points: In a phone call between the two, Mr Lavrov warned Mr Blinken of the "need to respect the decisions" …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Blinken speaks to Russian foreign minister about WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

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CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Sunday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and called for the “immediate release” of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, according to the US State Department. “Secretary Blinken further urged the Kremlin to immediately release wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan,” the readout continued, adding that the secretary and Lavrov …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken reveals US has put forward a ‘serious proposal’ to free Paul Whelan from Russia

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CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken publicly revealed for the first time Thursday that the United States has put forward a “serious proposal” to secure wrongfully detained Paul Whelan’s release from Russia. Notably, prior to Thursday’s engagement, the last time Blinken spoke with Lavrov – and the only other time the two have spoken directly since the war …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Blinken met with Russian foreign minister for first time since Ukraine war began

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CNN — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday for the first time since the war in Ukraine began more than a year ago. “President Putin, however, has demonstrated zero interest in engaging, saying there’s nothing to even talk about unless and until Ukraine accepts and I quote ‘the new territorial realities,’ …

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1 year, 11 months ago

US had ‘direct conversations’ with Russia on Paul Whelan since Griner’s release, State Department says

CNN

CNN — US officials “have had direct conversations with Russian officials regarding Paul Whelan,” an American wrongfully detained in Russia, since the release of fellow wrongfully detained American Brittney Griner, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday. Whelan, who called CNN exclusively from his remote penal colony in the hours following Griner’s release, said he hoped President Joe Biden and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

US marks anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan, whose continued imprisonment is one of several major irritants in tattered relations between Washington and Moscow. Blinken said Whelan and his family are “suffering through an unfathomable ordeal” and he again condemned the American’s conviction, which was based on secret …

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1 year, 11 months ago

US marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia

Al Jazeera

The former US marine is serving a 16-year sentence for alleged espionage, though his family maintains his innocence. The administration of United States President Joe Biden is marking the four-year anniversary of American businessman Paul Whelan‘s detention in Russia, an imprisonment that remains a major irritant in relations between Washington and Moscow. Today marks a terrible milestone for Paul Whelan: …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Biden administration renews commitment to free Paul Whelan on fourth anniversary of his detention in Russia

CNN

CNN — The Biden administration on Wednesday renewed its commitment to secure the release of American Paul Whelan on the fourth anniversary of his wrongful detention in Russia, as Whelan’s family expressed hope that he would not mark yet another milestone in Russian prison. “Today marks four years that Paul Whelan has spent wrongfully detained, away from his family, suffering …

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2 years ago

Putin says he is OPEN to more prisoner swaps with the U.S.

Daily Mail

Russian President Vladimir Putin has now said he is open to more prisoner swaps with the U.S. after exchanging WNBA star Brittney Griner for 'Merchant of Death' arms dealer Viktor Bout in a move many saw as a victory for the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted he is open to more prisoner swaps with the U.S. after exchanging …

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2 years ago

How Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian prison puts the spotlight on Paul Whelan

Firstpost

Paul Whelan, a former Marine who became a corporate security executive, was arrested at a Moscow hotel in December 2018 and accused of spying. He was convicted in June 2020 on espionage charges, which the US government says were manufactured The release on Thursday of Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia, also puts a spotlight on Paul …

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2 years ago

Explained: Why Brittney Griner's swap isn't the deal the US wanted

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The Joe Biden administration made a ‘substantial proposal’ to Russia to free two Americans, WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. In a rare comment on secret talks, he said the Biden administration had made a “substantial proposal” to Russia to end the imprisonment of two Americans: WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. “For totally illegitimate reasons, Russia is …

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Prisoner swap: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris greet U.S. prisoners

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan Land In U.S. After Prisoner Swap

Who are the prisoners being released by Russia and the West?

Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others freed in prisoner exchange

3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

'Trump loses his hostage': Biden applauded for release of Gershkovich and Whelan

Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva released from Russia in major prisoner swap

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

In a Secret Game of Prisoner Swaps, Putin Has Held Most of the Cards

US made offer to bring home jailed Americans Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich. Russia rejected it

White House calls video of imprisoned US citizen Paul Whelan ‘reassuring’

US envoy to UN urges Russian foreign minister to free detainees

Russia says 'unacceptable' for US to politicise case of detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

Blinken speaks to Russian foreign minister about WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

Blinken reveals US has put forward a ‘serious proposal’ to free Paul Whelan from Russia

Blinken met with Russian foreign minister for first time since Ukraine war began

US had ‘direct conversations’ with Russia on Paul Whelan since Griner’s release, State Department says

US marks anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia

US marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia

Biden administration renews commitment to free Paul Whelan on fourth anniversary of his detention in Russia

Putin says he is OPEN to more prisoner swaps with the U.S.

How Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian prison puts the spotlight on Paul Whelan

Explained: Why Brittney Griner's swap isn't the deal the US wanted