The exchange was happening Thursday.
Journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, looks out from inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention, at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Feb. 20, 2024. Paul Whelan, a former Marine accused of spying and arrested in Russia stands inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow, Aug. 23, 2019.
Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of spying and arrested in Russia stands inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in Moscow on Aug. 23, 2019.US journalist Evan Gershkovich at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on Feb.20, 2024.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.
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