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Russia frees American journalist Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap after 16 months: reports
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0:55Now PlayingImprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich was freed from a brutal Russian prison Thursday as part of the largest multi-country prisoner swap since the Cold War.
Gershkovich was among 26 prisoners from the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, and Belarus freed as part of the prisoner exchange overseen by Turkish intelligence, Turkey’s presidency said.
The Wall Street Journal reporter spent nearly 500 days in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison alongside serial killers and other political prisoners.
Gershkovich was released alongside former US Marine Paul Whelan in the extraordinary deal, the Turkish presidency added.
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