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Journalists, artists, dissidents, hackers and a hitman go free as 26 swapped in large-scale prisoner exchange.

Emotional scenes at Andrews air force base as Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva step onto American soil

In emotional scenes on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, security executive Paul Whelan and radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were met by Biden and Harris and reunited with their loved ones

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.

Jerry Lee Fletcher was in prison for 1970s murder in Illinois when Florida detectives got a DNA match on a different murder four decades later

Insightful phone call between Special Presidential Envoy and Paul Whelan in Russian prison camp reveals optimism amidst diplomatic efforts.

The behind-the-scenes operation was documented meticulously by the Wall Street Journal, which has been unable to reveal its secrets until now

Western countries and rights groups welcome the release of dissidents and journalists, including Evan Gershkovich.

Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was released from a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday in a prisoner swap, has spent years warning the world of the dangers of a revanchist President Vladimir Putin.

The historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and 15 other Westerners was the fruit of painstaking, secret talks -- and one crucial phone call from President Joe Biden an hour before he dropped his reelection bid.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans were freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange on Aug. 1, 2024. In total, 24 prisoners, including 12 German nationals and eight Russians, as well as two children – who were not prisoners – were exchanged in Ankara, Turkey.