Official: Russia may discuss swap involving WSJ reporter

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A top Russian diplomat said Moscow may be willing to discuss a potential prisoner swap involving jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after a court delivers its verdict.

FILE - The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo. The Biden administration has formally determined that Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, has been "wrongfully detained." Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the determination on Monday, April 10, 2023. FILE - The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state news agency Tass that talks about a possible exchange could take place through a dedicated channel that Russian and U.S. security agencies established for such purposes.

 

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AnnaBower Of course they will. That was the plan all along. 🤬

If you do a swap it just rewards Russia for this behavior.

Bien pendejos los gringos que siguen yendo a Rusia como unos conejitos… luego el mundo tiene que pagar las consecuencias al tener USA que liberar verdaderos delincuentes para salvar a sus ciudadanos

Free Alex Saab

Será que para el presidente JoeBiden los ciudadanos Estadounidenses detenidos en Venezuela no son importantes para realizar un canje humanitario con el gobierno del Pdte. NicolasMaduro ? FreeAlexSaab

Court? Hahahaha. They mean Putin’s ruling. He literally makes the ex Soviet leaders jealous from the grave in how he’s more dictatorial than they ever were.

Swap with Assange.

Many American citizens like Eivyn Hernandez among others are waiting in Venezuela for a swap with Alex Saab, why are they discussing a potential prisoner swap for a journalist? what are they doing? FreeAlexSaab KayDenman1 deep_mowgli susyex79 HostageAid BringEyvinHome

En Venezuela exigimos la libertad del diplomático venezolano Alex Saab, quien se encuentra muy enfermo y si vida corre peligro. FreeAlexSaab NicolasMaduro POTUS StateDept SecBlinken usembassyve Cartajuanero

🇺🇸 está negociando un canje con 🇷🇺 por el 'periodista' Evan Gershkovich, quién fue detenido hace poco! Porqué no realiza las negociaciones para el cambio humanitario con 🇻🇪? KayDenman1 denmantexas deep_mowgli MelanieIBerry BringEyvinHome susyex79 jonfranks11 HostageAid

Terrorist state being a terrorist state in full force.

Relatives of Luke Denman, Airan Berry and Eyvin Hernández, others convicted in Venezuela, have also urged Biden to redouble his efforts, the Free Alex Saab movement asks President JoeBiden to make this exchange for the Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab! SecBlinken volker_turk

Ya, that's why they arrested him.

For whom? I could guess but I'm not Carnac the Magnificent

I understand the desire to get him back home, but basically the Russkies are starting to discover that they can take hostages to get their own people out. Negotiating with criminals simply encourages them.

The U S set themselves up for this when they exchanged an international illegal arms dealer for a basketball player.

Putin knows Biden will cave

Terrorist State!

Who could have seen that coming?

Only if he’s trans or part of the 🏳️‍🌈

Both the U.S. government and Wall Street Journal have vehemently denied the Russian accusation that Gershkovich is a spy. On Monday, the U.S. government declared Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained.'

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