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Gershkovich was released Thursday in an elaborate prisoner swap involving two dozen prisoners from at least six countries.

The United States and Russia have completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16 years in Russia on disputed espionage charges, was released Thursday in a major multinational prisoner swap after spending more than a year behind bars. Originally from Russia, the journalist returned in 2017 to the country of his parents, Soviet Jews…

Former President Donald Trump had earlier claimed that he and not "anyone else" would be able to secure the release

Detainees warmly greeted by family members and US president and vice-president after touching down at Joint Airbase Andrews in Maryland

British-Russian Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza also released alongside a number of political prisoners

Alsu Kurmasheva convicted after secret trial for spreading ‘false information’ about armed forces

France has slammed Russia's conviction of American reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in jail for 'espionage', with the foreign ministry calling the court ruling 'appalling'.

President Joe Biden says Gershkovich was ‘targeted by the Russian government because he is a journalist and an American’

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is found guilty of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony.

Russian court cases often drag on for months but speed of US journalist’s trial may be sign that long-discussed exchange is in the offing