Russia Frees US Reporter in Major Prisoner Swap with West

par This Is Beirut, 01/08 19:34 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Evan Gershkovich Germany Norway Paul Whelan Poland Prisoner Exchange Russia Slovenia Turkey United States

Jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed Thursday in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. The prisoners were flown to Turkey's capital Ankara from Russia, the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus under the ...