The Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russia freed wrongfully convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and more than a dozen others on Thursday as part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. WSJ’s Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw report on the effort to bring Gershkovich home. 

Further Listening:

-Russia Tries a WSJ Reporter in a Secret Court 

-Two Parents on a Crusade to Free Their Son 

Further Reading:

-Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan Gershkovich 

-WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free 

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