Evan Gershkovich | Pawn in the game

[ad_1] Evan Gershkovich. Illustration. Sreejith R. Kumar Evan Gershkovich was on a reporting assignment in Yekaterinburg, some 1,400 km off Moscow, when Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) picked him up from a local bistro on March 29, 2023. The press accreditation by the Russian Foreign Ministry notwithstanding, the FSB slapped espionage charges against the 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter…

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Prisoner swap: Vladimir Putin signals Russia won’t forget its security operatives abroad

[ad_1] President Vladimir Putin strode along the red carpet between two rows of rifle-toting honour guards and warmly greeted intelligence operatives freed in the biggest prisoner swap with the West since the Cold War. “The Motherland hasn’t forgotten about you for a minute,” Mr. Putin said, embracing each of them after they walked down the…

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Russian Minister blames U.S. media for hindering prisoner swap talks on jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is on trial on spying charges, smiles inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed American journalists on July 18 for delaying talks between his U.S. counterparts about a possible prisoner exchange involving…

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