'Their brutal ordeal is over, and they are free,' President Biden said at the White House, flanked by family members of the freed prisoners.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is free.Gershkovich and American veteran Paul Whelan are in U.S. custody after a massive swap of political prisoners involving the United States and Russia, a senior administration official confirmed to Fox News on Thursday morning. Alsu Kurmasheva, another American citizen, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, a green card holder, were also freed.
government and numerous governments around the world, with particular gratitude to Germany; global news media organizations standing in solidarity with Evan; Evan's vast international network of friends; and our colleagues at The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and News Corp who supported Evan from the first hour of his captivity," Latour and Tucker continued.
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