Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being freed as part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists with the United States and Germany.
He's coming home. After nearly 500 days of imprisonment on dubious spying charges in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being freed as part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists involving the United States and Germany, Fox News can report. U.S. veteran Paul Whelan is also being freed after years in Russian captivity, Fox News confirms.
The last time Russia exchanged prisoners with the U.S. was December 2022, when it freed basketball player Brittney Griner in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout. Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia for smuggling and possessing cananbis. Like in Gershkovich's case, Griner's harsh sentence was viewed as Russia effectively taking an American hostage to obtain leverage over the U.S.
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