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

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

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

Deccan Chronicle

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

Raw Story

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

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

NPR

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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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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2 years ago

Paul Whelan was left behind in Brittney Griner swap — here's why it's so hard to get him out of Russia

Raw Story

This week, President Joe Biden managed to broker a prisoner swap with Russia, allowing the release of basketball star Brittney Griner in exchange for Russia being handed Viktor Bout, an arms trafficker known as the "merchant of death." On Thursday's edition of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," reporter Andrea Mitchell detailed the key reason why it has been so hard for the …

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2 years ago

Paul Whelan's brother slams his exclusion from Brittney Griner prisoner swap

Daily Mail

Former US Marine Paul Whelan's family have spoken out to express their frustration that he remains in Russian prison following a prisoner swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner. Whelan was not part of Thursday's prisoner swap, which saw Griner released from Russian prison in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the 'Merchant of Death.' Former U.S. …

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2 years ago

‘She’s on a plane home’: Biden on Brittney Griner released from Russian custody

The Hindu

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic prisoner exchange, as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout but failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years. “She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home,” Biden said from the White House, where he …

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2 years ago

Griner’s release raises fresh concerns about fate of Paul Whelan

Al Jazeera

As US welcomes release of basketball star Brittney Griner, calls grow to free other US citizen detained in Russia. But the release of Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a US prison, effectively separates her fate from Whelan’s. Whelan expresses disappointment In July, …

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2 years ago

White House confirms Paul Whelan is back at Russian penal colony and 'feeling well'

Daily Mail

The White House on Friday said Paul Whelan was back at a Russian penal colony and had told consular staff he was 'feeling well,' days after triggering concern by missing a scheduled phone call with his family. But John Kirby, a national security spokesman for the White House, said he could not comment further on the 52-year-old's health out of …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Biden ‘offers convicted Russian arms dealer’ in exchange for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

The Independent

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2 years, 4 months ago

Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for detained Americans

CNN

Washington CNN — After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia, Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, according to people briefed on the matter. Although Blinken did not …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Paul Whelan: Russian court sentences US citizen to 16 years in prison

CNN

CNN — Former US marine Paul Whelan was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison, a Moscow court ruled Monday, concluding a months-long case that put additional strain to already complicated US-Russian relations. From behind a glass screen ahead of the verdict, Whelan held up a sign in court with phrases on it including “Sham trial,” “No …

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

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

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

US marks anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia

US marks four year anniversary of Paul Whelan detention in Russia

Paul Whelan was left behind in Brittney Griner swap — here's why it's so hard to get him out of Russia

Paul Whelan's brother slams his exclusion from Brittney Griner prisoner swap

‘She’s on a plane home’: Biden on Brittney Griner released from Russian custody

Griner’s release raises fresh concerns about fate of Paul Whelan

White House confirms Paul Whelan is back at Russian penal colony and 'feeling well'

Biden ‘offers convicted Russian arms dealer’ in exchange for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan: Biden administration offers convicted Russian arms dealer in exchange for detained Americans

Paul Whelan: Russian court sentences US citizen to 16 years in prison