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President Joe Biden looks on as Evan Gershkovich, who was released from detention in Russia, is greeted by his mother Ella Milman, upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Aug. 1, 2024.
What We're Watching

Did Moscow just open the diplomatic door?

They’re free! Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan, journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, and Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza were released in a major prisoner swap between Russia and the West on Thursday.

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How to Work from Home (effectively)

What does the biggest prisoner exchange in decades tell us about Putin? What's the European reaction to what's happening in the Middle East? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from the Adriatic Sea.

​Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges. He is seen here in court on July 19.
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Russia sentences US reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years

A Russian court on Friday sentenced Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison on espionage charges that the US government and his newspaper maintain are fabricated.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his pre-trial detention on espionage charges in Moscow, Russia, October 10, 2023.
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Russia to try US journalist in secret

The upcoming espionage trial of Evan Gershkovich, the American journalist arrested last year in Russia, will be conducted in secret, according to Russian media.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Gershkovich to remain in Russian prison, Myanmar refugee camp airstrike, Micheal Jordan pumpkin breaks records, fall of the Argentine peso

9: Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained by Russian authorities earlier this year, lost his appeal on Tuesday and will remain in a Russian prison until at least Nov. 30. mp near the Chinese border killed 29 people.

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Hard Numbers: China’s post-zero bump, diamonds for Hezbollah, Gershkovich bail bust, seafloor surprise

Hard Numbers: China’s post-Zero bump, diamonds for Hezbollah, Gershkovich bail bust, seafloor surprise.

Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov 11, 2021 on her Facebook page.
Science & Tech

What We're Watching: Pentagon leaker suspect arrested, Gershkovich swap chatter, Uruguay’s free trade ambitions

And the suspected leaker is ...; Russia is maybe considering swap for Evan Gershkovich; Uruguay’s FTA dream

Russia and the global order
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Russia and the global order

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Lots of Russia news, about Russia's position vis-a-vis the US and the global order; that is increasingly going to be what we're going to be talking about going forward. This American journalist for the Wall Street Journal arrested on charges of espionage, Evan Gershkovich - it's going to be a secret trial. The Russians said that they caught him red-handed. There is no presumption of innocence when you're grabbed on espionage in Russia.

The Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich.
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US reporter charged with espionage in Russia: Will foreign reporters now flee?

Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter working in Moscow for the Wall Street Journal, was arrested last week on bogus espionage charges. What comes next for American journalists in Russia?