Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit for an interview after he was released, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia for over 16 months, made a bold proposal before his release in a prisoner swap on Thursday, asking whether he could interview Russian President Vladimir Putin after being freed. Gershkovich made the request while filling out a mandated official request for presidential clemency that was addressed to Putin before his release, the Wall Street Journal reported.
President Biden on Thursday said that Russia released 16 prisoners in the swap for eight Russians being held in the West. Among the prisoners Russia released were four Americans, including Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners in their own country.
Their brutal ordeal is over, and they are free,' Biden said. Fox News’ David Rutz, Brian Flood, Timothy H.J. Nerozzi and Greg Norman contributed to this report.
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