The journalist and US Marine Paul Whelan are en route to destinations outside Russia, reports say.
MOSCOW – Russia released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a major prisoner swop with the United States, according to people familiar with the situation.
The US and its allies will return prisoners to Russia that they hold under the deal, the sources said, asking for anonymity to discuss matters that are not yet public. An activist with dual Russian-British citizenship, Mr Kara-Murza, 42, has been a persistent campaigner against President Vladimir Putin’s rule and was given a record 25-year prison sentence in April 2023 on treason and other charges for criticising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The US has been in extensive talks to achieve the release of Mr Gershkovich and Mr Whelan, who were designated as wrongly detained by the State Department.
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