Russia agreed to free several Americans, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, in a multi-country prisoner swap. ABC News' Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce reports. August 1, 2024 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live Tracking severe potential in the East; ...
The US and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday in a multinational deal that set 24 people free. Sky's Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett explains.
Global leaders behind the prisoner swap The global leaders behind the prisoner swap 05:03 Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on...
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Paul Whelan were part of a deal which saw 24 people released in the biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War. They were welcomed on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, by US President Joe Biden a...
"Mr. Vinnik's case is unquestionably one of significant public interest. He has been the subject of political negotiations over a prisoner swap with Russia at the highest levels of the government," his lawyers wrote in a court filing.
In a memo sent to the outlet’s staff on Monday and obtained by CNN, Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait wrote that an initial story, published by the outlet at 7:41 a.m. ET Thursday, reporting that Gershkovich had been released as part of a histor...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Marine who was released from Russia in a prisoner swap last year has been injured while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said Tuesday.
President Vladimir Putin has said Gershkovich could be released at some point in exchange for a Russian prisoner held abroad, but no such deal has so far materialised. Putin said on March 17 that he had approved the idea of exchanging Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny shortl...
Fogel was not part of amassive prisoner swap last Augustthat resulted in the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan. Fogel’s family said it was “completely heartbroken and outraged,” in a statement released at the time. ...
A court is expected to grant a request by Russia's national Investigative Committee to move him into house arrest pending the trial. The case has rattled the business community in Russia, including American business leaders. The move comes on the heels of another high-profile prisoner'...