Big prisoner swap with Russia

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Russia and the United States have agreed to swap prisoners in an extraordinary multipart deal, according to a senior Biden administration official.

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The swap will allow the two wrongfully detained American citizens held by Moscow, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, to return home.

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Gershkovich, 32, was arrested by Russian authorities in March 2023 for espionage, a charge he and U.S. officials flatly deny, with President Joe Biden saying Gershkovich was targeted for being a journalist and an American.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-agrees-free-evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan-multi/story?id=112446743
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-01/us-reporter-to-be-freed-by-russia-in-major-prisoner-swap?embedded-checkout=true

h/t NDFarm

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