The timing is interesting considering the political climate in America.
Fox News reported that Russia has agreed to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and veteran Paul Whelan in a prisoner swap with the U.S. and Germany.
Gershkovich, 32, was arrested on March 30, 2023, while reporting on a trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and accused of espionage. The Biden administration declared him “wrongfully detained” and The Wall Street Journal and U.S. government both emphatically denied the charges, calling them absurd on their face.
After the veteran reporter’s detention was repeatedly extended, he was convicted in a closed court of “gathering secret information” and sentenced to 16 years at a high-security penal colony on July 19. His conviction was expected and experts and officials repeatedly said his only hope for freedom was a prisoner swap after his court proceedings concluded.Yup, that’s how’s it’s done.
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