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Reporters Without Borders has welcomed the release of hostages by Russia, including Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal and Alsu Kurmasheva of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. But it has stressed that: “Neither should have spent a single day in a Russian prison for doing their job … we emphasise…

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Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim

Newspaper mounted a high-profile campaign to stress reporter’s innocence and ensure he was not forgotten

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…

American journalist Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia on espionage charges, sparking international condemnation and calls for his release.

The Wall Street Journal reporter always felt the pull of his parents’ homeland, believing his Russian language skills and knowledge put him in a unique position to explain the country to the outside world. But, as Chris Stevenson writes, he would end up convicted on trumped-up spying charges

"If I was running a manufacturing company I would be meeting with the companies that provided us raw materials."