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Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich Released From Moscow Jail as Part of Major East-West Prisoner Exchange

Eight Russians, including convinced spy and hitman Vadim Krasikov, will be returned home.

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Hostages released from Russia, Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, pose with an American flag in the airport lounge August 1, 2024 at Ankara, Turkey. U.S. Government/Getty Images
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Eight Russians, including convicted spy and hitman Vadim Krasikov, will be returned to Russia as part of the prisoner swap that freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine Paul Whelan, and nearly two dozen others detained in Russia.  

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NOVI ZHUKOVSKY
NOVI ZHUKOVSKY

Ms. Zhukovsky studied economics and government at Dartmouth College.

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