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When Wall Street Journal reported Evan Gershkovich was arrested over a year ago and put in Russian prison, his colleagues at the paper and his family were shocked. A push to free him and other Americans from Russian detention ensued, until Thursday's news of a massive prisoner swap involving multiple countries.
Gershkovich, Whelan among Americans released in massive prisoner swap with RussiaBeckett has worked for the last nine months, full-time, in any way he could, to secure the release of Gershkovich. Beckett was previously the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau Chief. The prisoner exchange Gershkovich was part of has now become the largest between Russia and Western nations since the Cold War, marking a day of freedom for several high-profile individuals on both sides.
Brittney Griner reacts to release of more Americans from Russia: 'Head over heels'In exchange, for the prisoners it released, Russia received eight individuals held in the U.S., Germany, Norway, Slovenia and Poland.Among the Russians at the center of the prisoner exchange was Vadim Krasikov, a killer and assassin who U.S. officials described as the 'biggest fish' in the deal for the Russians.
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