Journalist Evan Gershkovich has been freed as part of a prisoner swap between the US and Russia, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Mr Gershkovich has been released alongside former US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian-British activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza.Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is also be part of the deal agreed by the Biden administration.It is the biggest prisoner swap between the two nations since the Cold War with the exchange thought to involve 24 prisoners held in Russia, the US, Germany and three other Western countries.
An MP who had been in discussions with the UK government about Mr Kara-Murza had previously said: “The US has had Kara-Murza on their radar, but there are no guarantees."The Russians are renowned for driving a very hard bargain.”Others prisoners potentially involved in the exchange are Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin and veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov. The US and its allies were set to return eight prisoners they hold to Russia, according to reports.
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