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After enduring unimaginable suffering and uncertainty, the Americans detained in Russia are safe, free, and have begun their journeys back into the arms of their families
President Biden shared this photo shortly after the release with the caption He was targeted by the Russian government because he is a journalist and an American,
said Joe Biden after Gershkovich was handed down a 16-year sentence earlier this month, following a fast-tracked trial that was designed to speed the way toward a swap Why did Putin kill Navalny now?”
Days later, his ally Maria Pevchikh released a video titled Russian troops were losing the battle for Lyman, a small city in eastern Ukraine, in late September when a call came in for the commanding officer on the front line, over an encrypted line from Moscow,
Gershkovich wrote, along with a team of reporters from the Wall Street Journal Putin had become maniacal about getting Krasikov back; he really, really wanted Krasikov,
a source with knowledge of Kremlin deliberations on the issue told the Guardian earlier this year Are we releasing murderers, killers or thugs? Just curious because we never make good deals, at anything, but especially hostage swaps.”
Donald Trump has already criticised the deal, writing Journalism is not a crime,
I do not exclude that the person you mentioned, Mr Gershkovich, may end up in his homeland,
Evan Gershkovich is finally free. And Trump had nothing to do with it."
Josh Eakle, the president of Project Liberal, tweeted Trump attempted to use Evan Gershkovich, the American journalist recently freed after being falsely imprisoned in Russia, as leverage for his re-election campaign. However, President Biden has denied him that opportunity."
News blog ... The Intellectualist said We have to ask ourselves why are they coming home. And I think it's because bad guys all over the world recognize Donald Trump's about to be back in office and so they're cleaning house,
Vance told CNN on Thursday Now their brutal ordeal is over, and they're free."
Addressing the swap on Thursday, Biden said from the White House Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, will do that for me, but not for anyone else, and we will be paying nothing
the former president said For anyone who questions whether allies matter—they do. Today is a powerful example of why it's vital to have friends in this world, friends you can trust, work with and depend upon, especially on matters of great consequence and sensitivity like this. Our alliances make our people safer."
Flanked by family members of the released prisoners, he continued I guess Trump can't use this as fake leverage for votes now. Too bad."
Scott Dworkin, a co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, wrote While Trump dangled Evan Gershkovich's freedom as a carrot - but *only* if he got elected - Biden actually got it done,
The last line submitted a proposal of his own: After his release, would Putin be willing to sit down for an interview?"
We are overwhelmed with relief and elated for Evan and his family, as well as for the others who were released. At the same time, we condemn in the strongest terms Vladimir Putin’s regime in Russia, which orchestrated Evan’s 491-day wrongful imprisonment based on sham accusations and a fake trial as part of an all-out assault on the free press and truth,
Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker said in a statement They're out of Russia. Earlier today, they were flown to Turkey, and soon they will be wheels up on their way home to see their families,
Reporting on Russia is now also a regular practice of watching people you know get locked away for years,
he posted on Twitter five months after the war began