Home – CBSNews.comThe Biden administration announced it secured the release of three American citizens from Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who will return to the U.S. as part of a 24-person prisoner swap among the U.S., Russia, Germany and three other Western countries; President Biden remarks on historic prisoner swap.
The Biden administration announced it secured the release of three American citizens from Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who will return to the U.S. as part of a 24-person prisoner swap among the U.S., Russia, Germany and three other Western countries; President Biden remarks on historic prisoner swap.