US journalist among 24 prisoners freed by Russia

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 03, 2024 12:08 am

(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.

The complicated multinational deal that freed the Wall Street Journal reporter and others, including former US marine Paul Whelan, involved months of secret negotiations, and finally ended with a dramatic exchange on the airport tarmac in Turkey's capital Ankara.

FREE AT LAST US 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

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