Russia has agreed to a multi-country prisoner swap that will free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan, media reports say.
FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a defendant's cage in a courtroom in Moscow on April 23, 2024. The 32-year-old journalist faces trial Wednesday, June 26, on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government deny. -
A senior Biden Administration official told media outlets that the two wrongfully imprisoned Americans will be in U.S. custody soon.Gershkovich was falsely accused of spying by Russia and recently sentenced to 16 years in prison. He was detained in March 2023 while on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg and was sentenced in July after a trial.
Paul Whalen is also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being detained in Moscow in December 2018. The U.S. says that he, too, has falsely been accused of espionage. When asked Wednesday about the prospects of getting home the two Americans, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Gray DC she didn’t have any specifics on the negotiations but said, “....This is a president that has made it a priority to get home wrongfully detained Americans back to their families, back to their loved ones. ... We are careful here. We do not negotiate in public.
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