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Watch: Russia expected to release Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in massive prisoner swap

2024-08-02 01:25:02

American citizens Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich are expected to be part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. Whelan, an ex-US marine, was arrested in Moscow in 2018, subsequently charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years in prison. Evan Gershkovich, a journalist with the Wall Street Journal, was arrested in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in 2023 while on assignment, and also charged with espionage and sentenced to 16 years. The United States had designated both as wrongfully detained. CNN’s Alex Marquardt breaks downs the complexities and surrounding this prisoner exchange.

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