Biden, Harris welcome home Americans released in Russia prisoner swap
A plane carrying Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva landed at a military base in Maryland after they were freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange.
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A plane carrying Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva landed at a military base in Maryland after they were freed by Russia in a prisoner exchange.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and other freed Americans are back in the U.S. following the biggest prisoner swap with Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. CBS New York's Christina Fan has the latest.
The Biden administration announced the release of three U.S. citizens from Russia, including Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva, as part of a complex 24-person prisoner swap.
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter and Princeton, N.J. native, was released from a Russian prison on Thursday.
CBS News New York's Christine Sloan spoke to some of the Wall Street Journal reporter's friends on Thursday.
Despite frosty relations, the U.S. and the former Soviet Union have swapped prisoners for decades.
A Russian assassin jailed for life in Germany is among the Russians being released as part of the U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange.
CBS News New York's Natalie Brand has the latest on the latest on the Wall Street Journal reporter and Marine veteran.
The Wall Street Journal calls reporter Evan Gershkovich's conviction on spying charges in Russia "bogus," but it may clear the way for a prisoner swap.
The White House says it's in talks with Russia about the release of a jailed Wall Street Journal reporter. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3NKvIz4
The U.S. is seeking the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan.
Evan Gershkovich, 31, was arrested in March and accused by Russia's federal security service of spying for the U.S. government, which he and his employer vehemently deny.
