Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swap with the US, according to people familiar with the situation.
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was detained in Russia in March 2023 on espionage charges that the newspaper and U.S. government say are false. Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, has been detained in Russia since 2018.
Amid reports of a potential prisoner swap between the U.S., Russia and other countries, questions over whether Paul Whelan will return to the U.S. surfaced once...
After nearly 500 days of imprisonment on dubious spying charges in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being freed as part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists involving the United States and Germany, Fox News can report.
MOSCOW/ANKARA >> Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were among two dozen detainees from the United States, Russia and a number of their allies freed today in the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being freed as part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists with the United States and Germany.
CNN By Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood and Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — The United States and Russia carried out a historic prisoner exchange Thursday when two dozen detainees, including former US Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, were released as part of a sweepin…
Russia and the United States agreed Thursday to a massive swap of political prisoners, including returning Wall Street Journal reporter and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan to the U.S.
The Biden administration has agreed to a prisoner swap with Russia to secure the release of U.S. citizens Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva.
Russia is expected to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan as part of a massive prisoner swap, a US official says. Follow here for latest news.
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan has been released from Russian custody as part of a prisoner exchange that also secured freedom for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
Gershkovich and fellow American Whelan are being freed in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place.
Three Americans, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan, are reportedly set to be freed in a prisoner swap with Russia.
A large-scale prisoner swap between the US and Russia is under way, according to a source familiar, and it is expected to include Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and a number of Americans.
Gershkovich, a WSJ reporter, was arrested in March 2023, while on a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains. Whelan, a former US Marine, was detained in December 2018 after traveling to Russia for a wedding.
