(UPDATE) WASHINGTON — Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel imprisoned for the murder of a Chechen fugitive in Berlin were among 24 prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
WASHINGTON — Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich and a Russia n intelligence colonel imprisoned for the murder of a Chechen fugitive in Berlin were among 24 prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War.
journalist Evan Gershkovich is greeted by his parents Mikhail Gershkovich and Ella Milman, sister Danielle Gershkovich and brother-in-law Anthony Huczek at Joint Andrews Base in Maryland on Aug. 1, 2024. AFP Photo'Their brutal ordeal is over,' Biden said.Biden called the leaders of allies Germany, Poland, Slovenia and Norway to thank them for agreeing to free Russian prisoners under the deal, and Turkey for agreeing to host the handover.
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