Turkey claims to have coordinated the exchange of 24 prisoners, plus two minors, from the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus. Turkish intelligence sources told EL PAÍS that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entrusted his secret service chief to personally handle the case
Alexei Navalny and two U.S. citizens held in Russia were supposed to be swapped for Vadim Krasikov, who was serving a life sentence in Germany, according to his ally
‘The Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich, 32, will spend at least a year behind bars in Russia after his arrest while on a reporting trip to the Russian city of Yekaterinburg
The U.S. State Department said Russia rejected several proposals for freeing Paul Whelan, an American convicted of espionage, and ‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Evan Gershkovich
U.S. State Department said the Washington has “put multiple offers on the table,” but that ‘so far we’ve seen them refuse to take us up on our proposals’
Speaking at a year-end news conference that lasted over four hours, Putin faced questions from Western journalists for the firs time since the fighting in Ukraine began
Some media reported that the company was planning to file for bankrutpcy protection this week. Shares of WeWork, which cost more than $400 two years ago, could be had Monday for less than $1
Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was accused of reporting on the Russian military ‘in order to transmit information to foreign sources,’ the state-run website Tatar-Inform said
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said in a statement that it was ‘deeply disappointed’ that Gershkovich’s appeal was rejected, adding: ‘Evan should be released’
The decision means Gershkovich will remain jailed at least until Nov. 30, unless his appeal is heard in the meantime and he is released — an unlikely outcome
The latest ruling means he faces spending at least eight months in prison. Gershkovich has been sitting in jail since the end of March when he was detained in the city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip
The Kremlin earlier this month suggested that it was open to a possible prisoner exchange that could involve Evan Gershkovich, but it underscored that such talks must be held out of the public eye
‘The Wall Street Journal’ said in a statement after the hearing that Gershkovich ‘has been wrongfully detained for more than 12 weeks for nothing more than doing his job as a journalist’
The 37-year-old, who goes by Alex, told ‘The Wall Street Journal’ that he is ‘more political’ than his 92-year-old father, who has been a right-wing target for his backing of liberal causes such as reducing racial bias in the justice system
‘The Wall Street Journal’ is maintaining a worldwide campaign to demand the release of Evan Gershkovich, who has been held captive for nine weeks. The newspaper’s London bureau chief believes Moscow is seeking a new prisoner swap and to end international coverage of the country
Gershkovich is the first U.S. correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spying charges, and his arrest rattled journalists in the country and drew outrage in the West
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov emphasized that Moscow would only negotiate a possible swap after a court delivers its verdict in the espionage case against journalist Evan Gershkovich
The designation elevates the case of Evan Gershkovich in the U.S. government hierarchy and means that a dedicated State Department office will take the lead on securing his release