"Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter
Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, in which he and more than a dozen others jailed by the Kremlin
were exchanged for Russians held in the U.S. and Europe, including a convicted murderer. Gershkovich and other Americans left Russian aircraft at roughly 11:20 a.m. Eastern time. at an airport in Turkey’s capital, Ankara. Gershkovich then was transported to an aircraft lounge on a Turkish bus. He and the other Americans boarded an aircraft to the U.S. 'They are safe, free, and have begun their journeys back into the arms of their families,' President Biden said in a post on X. Biden plans to greet Gershkovich and the other Americans at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where they are expected to land around 11:30 p.m., the White House said. Vice President
Kamala Harris is also expected to attend. ..."
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