Imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is coming home…
According to multiple reports, Evan Gershkovich, who has spent the last sixteen months in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison alongside serial killers and other political prisoners, is being released.
A senior Biden administration also told ABC News that Gershkovich will be released alongside former US Marine Paul Whelan in a prisoner exchange with Moscow.
From ABC News:
Gershkovich, 32, was arrested by Russian authorities in March 2023 for espionage, a charge he and U.S. officials flatly deny, with President Joe Biden saying Gershkovich was targeted for being a journalist and an American.
After an unusually hasty trial that played out behind closed doors, Gershkovich was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony.
Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Irish and Canadian citizenship, was arrested in December 2018 while traveling on an American passport in Russia and also accused of espionage.
This story is developing…
BREAKING: Russia agrees to free Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine Veteran Paul Whelan in a multi-country prisoner swap, according to a Biden administration official. @marykbruce reports.https://t.co/gIRdsVCKMr pic.twitter.com/5k4xxN907P
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) August 1, 2024
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