Former acting Presidential Hostage Affairs envoy Hugh Dugan said Russia admitting that negotiations to bring reporter Evan Gershkovich home have taken place is a step forward.
Russia admitting that negotiations to bring imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich home have taken place — even if they must be 'conducted in complete silence' — is a step in the right direction, according to former acting Hostage Affairs envoy Hugh Dugan. Gershkovich, the American-born son of Soviet immigrants, has spent nearly 15 months detained in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison on dubious spying charges.
star Brittney Griner, who was freed from a Russian penal colony in 2022 in a prisoner exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, was not sent home until she was given a nine-year sentence after pleading guilty. 'It may be that they need a verdict in order to start dealing,' Dugan said.
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