WSJ Reporter Released by Russia in Prisoner Swap
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MOSCOW — Russia will release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and American Paul Whelan in a prisoner swap with the U.S. and other countries.
Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in prison by Russia after being found guilty of espionage.
The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. government have said he was wrongfully imprisoned. Whelan has been in Russian custody since 2018, sentenced to more than two decades on espionage charges.
The swap reportedly involves two Russian spies who posed as Argentinian citizens and were arrested in Slovenia in 2022. Other countries reportedly involved in the exchange include Germany and Belarus. The two men could be back in the U.S. as soon as today.
