#Breaking U.S -RUSSIA PRISONER SWAP WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, veteran Paul Whelan #breakingnews

After nearly 500 days of imprisonment on dubious spying charges in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being freed as part of a massive swap of political prisoners and journalists involving the United States and German
U.S. veteran Paul Whelan is also being freed after years in Russian captivity....
Gershkovich, 32, was arrested on March 29, 2023, while reporting on a trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and accused of espionage. The Biden administration declared him "wrongfully detained" and The Wall Street Journal and U.S. government both emphatically denied the charges, calling them absurd on their face.

After the veteran reporter's pre-trial detention was repeatedly extended, he was convicted in a closed court of "gathering secret information" and sentenced to 16 years at a high-security penal colony on July 19. His conviction was expected and experts and officials repeatedly said his only hope for freedom was a prisoner swap after his court proceedings concluded.