All news on the topic: Evan Gershkovich

In August 2024, the world witnessed an unprecedented prisoner swap between the West and the Kremlin: Russia agreed to release 16 individuals, including political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin and U.S. citizens Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in exchange for eight Russians — GRU illegals, hackers, and killers.

At least one reporter appears to have been fired for a decision that would’ve been reviewed by senior editors

FSB Lieutenant General Vladislav Menshchikov, chief of the FSB’s First Service (counterintelligence), has recently come under scrutiny.

One of Vladimir Putin’s top enemies – who is a Russian-British citizen – will be released from a penal colony as part of a high-profile exchange of prisoners between Russia and the West, it is understood.

Reporter found guilty of spying in trial thought to have been rushed in preparation for prisoner swap

Washington has called the charges against Gershkovich ’fiction’

Russian officials have not provided any evidence to back up their baseless espionage allegations