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| West and Russia engage in apparent major prisoner swap | West and Russia engage in apparent major prisoner swap |
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| Media reports suggest that WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan are already en route to destinations outside Russia | Media reports suggest that WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan are already en route to destinations outside Russia |
| Russia has agreed to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a landmark prisoner exchange deal with the West, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. | Russia has agreed to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a landmark prisoner exchange deal with the West, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. |
| The report comes as numerous media pointed to signs of a looming prisoner swap deal between the West and Russia, which could become the largest since the end of the Cold War. | |
| Several media outlets noted that at least half a dozen Russian and Western government-affiliated planes were simultaneously in the air, traveling to Türkiye and other undisclosed locations. | |
| The last major prisoner swap took place in December 2022, with the US releasing Russian businessman Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner, a basketball player convicted on drug charges in Moscow. |