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Nonilex<p>But as their interrogations stretched for hours, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> learned that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Khizhnyak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khizhnyak</span></a> also shared a passion for soccer &amp; literature. The interrogator was a fan of English Premier League club Liverpool, while Gershkovich, a HS state soccer champion, supported rival club Arsenal. Gershkovich was reading “Life &amp; Fate,” the WWII epic by Soviet war correspondent Vasily Grossman, &amp; Leo Tolstoy’s “War &amp; Peace,” followed by dozens of other books, which he &amp; Khizhnyak discussed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When not in his cell, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> was called to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/interrogation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interrogation</span></a> room of chief investigator Alexei Khizhnyak, the same <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a> interrogator who had once questioned the fmr Marine, Whelan. Khizhnyak faced prisoners across a T-shaped wooden table, in a room watched over by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CheGuevara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CheGuevara</span></a>, Soviet security services’ founder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FelixDzerzhinsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FelixDzerzhinsky</span></a> &amp; 2 portraits of Vladimir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>. Whelan had said during his pretrial investigation that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Khizhnyak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khizhnyak</span></a> had threatened to kill him….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Set in a pastel yellow complex off a leafy street on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>’s outskirts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lefortovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lefortovo</span></a> was run by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a> &amp; designed to make its inmates feel entirely alone. Its sterile corridors were unnervingly quiet save for the echo of slamming cell doors &amp; the jangling of guards’ keys.</p><p>Barred from seeing US Embassy ofcls, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> maintained contact w/the outside world from letters that arrived after passing through censors.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An earlier excerpt:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>’s first letter arrived in April, running 2pgs, in handwritten Russian.</p><p>“Mom…I am trying to write. Maybe, finally, I am going to write something good.”</p><p>He signed off: “Until we meet soon. Write me.”</p><p>The reporter was spending 23hrs a day in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolitaryConfinement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolitaryConfinement</span></a> in a 9’ X 12’ cell in the infamous jail where Stalin’s henchman once tortured thousands of enemies of the state.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>'last month the court unexpectedly brought the 2nd hearing forward. At the end of a lightning-fast 3-day trial, Evan <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony.</p><p>The very same day, Alsu <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurmasheva</span></a> was sentenced to 6.5 ys in prison by a court in Kazan. Her trial had lasted just 2 days.<br>Someone was clearly in a hurry. It was the strongest sign yet that a deal had been done.The Russian authorities normally treat a conviction as a prerequisite for any prisoner exchange'</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>“I do not rule out that Mr <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> may return to his homeland,” Putin said in his Carlson interview in February. “We want the US special services to think about how they can contribute to achieving the goals our special services are pursuing.”<br>A few days later, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> died in an Arctic penal colony. Rumours swirled that before his death, talks had been under way on exchanging Mr Navalny, Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan, all jailed in Russia, for Vadim Krasikov in Germany</p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin had been working on a swap that would have included the release of Russian opposition leader Alexei <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> before his death, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> Adviser <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JakeSullivan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JakeSullivan</span></a> said.<br>
“In fact, on the very day that he died, I saw Evan’s [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>] parents, &amp; I told them that the president was determined to get this done, even in light of that tragic news, &amp; that we were going to work, day &amp; night, to get ... this done,” Sullivan said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>Many observers have linked the initial <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> arrest to a Russian policy that amounts to hostage-taking, with a view to increasing pressure on western countries to release Russian <a href="https://noc.social/tags/spies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spies</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> and <a href="https://noc.social/tags/assassins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assassins</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> frees <a href="https://noc.social/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> and others in biggest <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PrisonerSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonerSwap</span></a> since cold war <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/evan-gershkovich-other-foreign-citizens-freed-russia-prisoner-swap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/article/</span><span class="invisible">2024/aug/01/evan-gershkovich-other-foreign-citizens-freed-russia-prisoner-swap</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V WSJ:<br>WSJ Reporter <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Evan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evan</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> Is Free</p><p>Release of 32-year-old American from <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> secured as part of largest East-West prisoner swap since Cold War</p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/evan-gershkovich-free-cde745b3?mod=e2tw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/russia/evan-gers</span><span class="invisible">hkovich-free-cde745b3?mod=e2tw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>As the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> sought over the course of a year to extract <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> &amp; others w/o offering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Krasikov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krasikov</span></a> in return, snr Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> ofcls had made clear there was no deal w/o him. German ofcls eventually agreed, extracting their own price of a dozen Russian prisoners in return.<br>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin has pursued a series of large prisoner swaps w/hostile countries, including last year extracting 10 Americans &amp; a fugitive from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a> &amp; a major deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>….<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WSJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSJ</span></a> Reporter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> Is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Free</span></a></p><p>Release of 32-year-old American from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> secured as part of largest East-West prisoner swap since Cold War</p><p>Russia freed wrongly convicted <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@WSJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WSJ</span></a></span> reporter Evan <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> as part of the largest &amp; most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, in which he &amp; more than a dozen others jailed by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> were exchanged for Russians held in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, including a convicted murderer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/evan-gershkovich-free-cde745b3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/russia/evan-gers</span><span class="invisible">hkovich-free-cde745b3</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V cpj.org:<br>The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes reports that Wall Street Journal reporter <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Evan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evan</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) editor <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Alsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alsu</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurmasheva</span></a> will be released as part of a prisoner exchange, and calls on Russia to release other jailed journalists and stop harassing those in exile. </p><p><a href="http://support.cpj.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=9561.0&amp;dlv_id=25821&amp;pgwrap=n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.cpj.org/site/MessageVi</span><span class="invisible">ewer?em_id=9561.0&amp;dlv_id=25821&amp;pgwrap=n</span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/AlsuKurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlsuKurmasheva</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>Has Putin given up on Trump?<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/01/russia-prison-swap-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-wsj-vadim-krasikov-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/live/202</span><span class="invisible">4/aug/01/russia-prison-swap-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-wsj-vadim-krasikov-live</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/PrisonerSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonerSwap</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Americans <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> included in big prisoner swap, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>’s presidency said</p><p>Jailed US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WSJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSJ</span></a> reporter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> and ex-US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulWhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWhelan</span></a> were among 26 prisoners from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Slovenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Slovenia</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a> being freed in a major east-west exchange on Thurs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostages</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/lawyer-ex-us-marine-whelan-jailed-russia-says-she-cannot-confirm-his-whereabouts-2024-07-31/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/lawyer-ex-us</span><span class="invisible">-marine-whelan-jailed-russia-says-she-cannot-confirm-his-whereabouts-2024-07-31/</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> to free <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Evan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evan</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> and Paul <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> in major prisoner swap<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c29d6k382k5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c29d6k38</span><span class="invisible">2k5o</span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/FreeEvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeEvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/JournalismIsNotACrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JournalismIsNotACrime</span></a></p>
Tim Mak<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/RUSSIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RUSSIA</span></a> RELEASES U.S. REPORTER IN PRISONER SWAP: Evan <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>, a Wall Street Journal journalist, as well as a former American Marine Paul <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> jailed in Russia on espionage charges, have been freed due to the major prisoner swap with the United States, Bloomberg reports.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-01/us-reporter-released-by-russia-in-multi-country-prisoner-swap?embedded-checkout=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">24-08-01/us-reporter-released-by-russia-in-multi-country-prisoner-swap?embedded-checkout=true</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NewsDesk</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is expected to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>, ex-U.S. Marine Paul <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> and others in a large <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonerSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonerSwap</span></a>, according to multiple reports.</p><p>This is not compatible with Russia’s overt desire to have <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> re-elected. Wonder what is the real story here.</p><p>“Gershkovich and Whelan, both accused by Russian authorities of espionage, had already been freed and were en route to a destination outside Russia.”</p><p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Norobiik</span></a></span> <a href="https://noc.social/@Norobiik/112886857237592884" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noc.social/@Norobiik/112886857</span><span class="invisible">237592884</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Russia is expected to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and others in a large prisoner swap, according to multiple reports.</p><p>From CBS News: "As part of the deal, at least 12 political prisoners held in Russia are expected to be released to Germany. Eight Russian nationals are expected to be returned to Russia, including several with suspected ties to Russian intelligence. Among the Russian nationals expected to be involved in the swap is Vadim Krasikov, a convicted murderer who has been serving a life sentence for a 2019 killing in Germany that the judges said had been ordered by Russian federal authorities."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/K.PDxF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/K.PDxF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PaulWhelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWhelan</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Wif Stenger<p>Wall Street Journal reporter <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> to be released by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@WSJ" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WSJ</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@business" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>business</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-01/us-reporter-released-by-russia-in-multi-country-prisoner-swap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">24-08-01/us-reporter-released-by-russia-in-multi-country-prisoner-swap</span></a></p>
Eugene McParland 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalist</span></a> Evan <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> has been found guilty of espionage by a russian court and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, after a secretive trial decried as a "sham" by his employer, his family and the White House.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg64npg33r3o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cg64npg3</span><span class="invisible">3r3o</span></a></p>
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