US reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in prisoner swap with Russia
FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass defendant's booth in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 26, 2024. (AP Photo, File)
The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, 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.
The Journal confirmed that Gershkovich had been freed.
It's the latest exchange between Washington and Moscow in the past two years, following a December 2022 trade that brought WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the U.S. in exchange for notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout.
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