Following the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and several other Americans from Russian imprisonment on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal published an in-depth account of the “secret negotiations” that led to the complex trade and Gershkovich’s freedom. The outlet’s sweeping account of the prisoners’ release provided an intimate look at what went...
While Thursday’s release of American prisoners from Russia was marked by celebration and relief, the former captives could face future health challenges, experts say. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and American veteran Paul Whelan were among those released from Russia on Thursday in a large prisoner swap. A third U.S. citizen, Russian-American journalist Alsu...
The Wall Street Journal newsroom erupted with applause on Thursday when staffers learned beloved reporter Evan Gershkovich was coming home after spending 16 months wrongfully detained by Russia as his colleagues and loved ones worked to keep his name in the zeitgeist. “We can finally say, in unison, ‘Welcome home, Evan,’”WSJ editor-in-chiefEmma Tucker wrote. The...
Vice President Kamala Harris became the target of Republican ridicule again Friday after delivering rambling and repetitive remarks on the U.S. prisoner exchange with Russia. President Biden and Harris met with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine Corps veteran Paul Whelan and others at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland around midnight after the freed...
American reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine veteran Paul Whelan were among four former prisoners released from Russia yesterday who finally stepped foot on American soil again Thursday night. A plane carrying the Americans freed by Russia during the large prisoner swap landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, greeted by President Joe Biden and Vice...
As Russia returned hostages who were unjustly held in a prisoner swap, a reporter who once was held hostage himself warned that their challenges are just beginning. Three American citizens and one American green-card holder who were unjustly imprisoned in Russia were released from Russia in a prisoner swap on Thursday: Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich,...
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance criticized the media and Vice President Kamala Harris over her comments following the repatriation of Americans jailed in Russia. Vance appeared to critique Harris’ unscripted remarks made while standing beside President Biden at Joint Base Andrews in Camp Springs, Maryland. “It’s amazing that journalists can look themselves in...
The Wall Street Journal is calling for a more assertive U.S. policy stance against hostage takers after their reporter, Evan Gershkovich, was released from Russia. On Thursday, the paper’s editorial board said beneath their relief and gratitude for Gershkovich’s release lies an “ugly truth”: Russia and other “thuggish regimes” take hostages because it works. “Mr....
Social media users called out MSNBC anchor Katie Phang after she claimed that former President Trump failed to free several Americans imprisoned in Russia, given that some of them were taken after he left office. Two of the three American citizens and a U.S. green card holder who were freed in a prison swap between...
The release of Western hostages from Russian captivity is a near-term success for the Biden administration — but it is purchased at great cost. By trading Russian spies and criminals for wrongfully imprisoned Americans and dissidents, the deal risks encouraging Russia and other authoritarian regimes to take more hostages. The scale of the prisoner swap...
