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Biden Praises Slovenia PM for Role in Prisoner Swap

President Joe Biden praised Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob for his role in the recent seven-nation prisoner swap that freed Americans Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan from Russian prison. Golob was thanked for his diplomacy and leadership in facilitating the deal, which involved 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries.

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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 was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War?

Al Jazeera

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of the biggest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Freed by Russia Lilia Chanysheva Chanysheva, who once headed late opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s offices in the central Bashkortostan republic, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in June 2023 for having …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

US: Biden, Kamala Harris welcome newly freed Americans after landmark prisoner swap with Russia | WATCH

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US-Russia prisoner swap: US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed four newly freed prisoners from Russia, including American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan, after the largest prisoner swap in post-Cold War history. The prisoners included US journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with dual US-Russia citizenship, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian political activist, journalist, author …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

New Indian Express

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. The Americans left behind Though Thursday's deal involves the most well-known of the Americans held in Russia, including two …

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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

Biden secured Russian captives' freedom 'an hour before' he announced he was dropping out

Raw Story

President Joe Biden finalized the deal to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan released from Russian captivity about an hour before he announced he was ending his re-election campaign. The eventual prisoner swap that saw Gershkovich and Whelan returned to the U.S. took place five months after the death of Russian opposition leader …

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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

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

US reporter Evan Gershkovich released by Russia in multi-country prisoner swap

Hindustan Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan have been released by Russia in a multi-country prisoner swap between US and Russia, according to a Bloomberg report. FILE PHOTO: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces charges of espionage, stands inside an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia July …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia Frees Evan Gershkovich, Other Americans And Dissidents In Massive Prisoner Swap

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Three imprisoned American citizens and one American green-card holder have been released by Russia as part of a massive prisoner exchange deal involving multiple countries, President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those on their way home, Biden …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wall Street Journal breaks its silence as reporter Evan Gershkovich is finally RELEASED by Russia in biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War

Daily Mail

The Wall Street Journal has praised the release of three Americans, including reporter Evan Gershkovich, as part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the US. A plane carrying American prisoners has landed in Turkey following a major swap between Russia and the US Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is among those released from prison in Russia 'That …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange

Al Jazeera

The swap, mediated by Turkey, involved 26 prisoners and seven different countries, security officials say. Russia has freed Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan as part of an extensive prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, US President Joe Biden has confirmed. “Today, three American citizens and one American green-card holder who were unjustly imprisoned …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia frees US reporter Evan Gershkovich in one of the biggest prisoner swaps with West

New Indian Express

US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan were released from Russia Thursday, the Turkish government announced, in one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War. A total of 26 people, including two minors, from the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Belarus and Russia were involved in the swap "carried out" by Turkey's MIT …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

ABC

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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Who's who in the prisoner swap that has freed Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison

NPR

Who's who in the prisoner swap that has freed Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison toggle caption Dmitry Serebryakov/AP Three U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident will be returning home from Russia as part of a massive prisoner swap that is one of the largest of its kind since the end of the Cold War. Among those being freed are …

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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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5 months ago

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich convicted of espionage by Russian court in case denounced by US as a sham

CNN

CNN — Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War, has been found guilty of spying and sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian court, in a case that the US government, his newspaper and supporters have denounced as a sham. In a statement following Friday’s sentencing, Gershkovich’s …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden says he’s working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia

Associated Press

NEW YORK — On the one-year anniversary of the Russian detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Joe Biden said the U.S. is working every day to secure his release. “Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to shine the light of truth on …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear

Associated Press

TALLINN, Estonia — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. FILE - WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner speaks to her lawyers from inside a cage in a courtroom in Khimki, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 26, 2022. The U.S. has had some success in recent years negotiating high-profile prisoner swaps with Russia, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden reaffirms he’s working to release Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia for a year

LA Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court last year. On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, President Biden said the U.S. is working every day to secure his release. “Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do …

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9 months ago

Russia must face consequences for imprisonment of Wall Street Journal reporter, lawyer says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Russia must face consequences for its detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a lawyer for the newspaper said Thursday as the journalist approaches the one-year anniversary of his arrest. Ambassador Lynne Tracy, according to the American embassy in Russia, which said in a social media post that “Evan remains strong and resilient, but it is a …

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Who was freed in biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War?

US: Biden, Kamala Harris welcome newly freed Americans after landmark prisoner swap with Russia | WATCH

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

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

Biden secured Russian captives' freedom 'an hour before' he announced he was dropping out

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

US reporter Evan Gershkovich released by Russia in multi-country prisoner swap

Russia Frees Evan Gershkovich, Other Americans And Dissidents In Massive Prisoner Swap

Wall Street Journal breaks its silence as reporter Evan Gershkovich is finally RELEASED by Russia in biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War

Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange

Russia frees US reporter Evan Gershkovich in one of the biggest prisoner swaps with West

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

Who's who in the prisoner swap that has freed Evan Gershkovich from Russian prison

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

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich convicted of espionage by Russian court in case denounced by US as a sham

Biden says he’s working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia

A growing number of Americans end up in Russian jails. The prospects for their release are unclear

Biden reaffirms he’s working to release Wall Street Journal reporter held in Russia for a year

Russia must face consequences for imprisonment of Wall Street Journal reporter, lawyer says