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Elizabeth Whelan, right, hugs her brother Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Newly freed Americans are back on U.S. soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

By Eric Tucker, Dasha Litvinova and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

This image released by the White House shows Evan Gershkovich, left, Alsu Kurmasheva, right, and Paul Whelan, second from right, and others aboard a plane, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, following their release from Russian captivity. (White House via AP)

Massive prisoner swap with Russia frees American journalist, ex-Marine held in Putin’s jails

By Jeff Mordock and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

America held hostage by dictators like Vladamir Putin illustration illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

America held hostage by dictators

By Clifford D. May

Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, attends a court hearing in Kazan, Russia on May 31, 2024. A Russian court has convicted Kurmasheva of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

U.S.-Russian journalist convicted in a rapid, secret trial, court records show

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a defendant's cage in a courtroom in Moscow on April 23, 2024. The 32-year-old journalist faces trial Wednesday, June 26, on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government deny. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Lawmakers show unified front in decrying ‘sham’ Russian sentencing of journalist Evan Gershkovich

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

This photo combination shows some of the U.S. citizens who are in Russian custody. Clockwise from top left are Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a dual U.S.-Russian national Robert Woodland Romanov, Prague-based editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva, and a dual U.S.-Russian national Ksenia Karelina also known as Khavana. (AP Photo)

Who are some of the Americans behind bars in Russia, and what are the prospects for their release?

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Court officials say closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, July 19, 2024, as the proceedings picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held in pre-trial custody for over a year. (AP Photo, File)

Russia convicts U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, sentences him to 16 years in prison

By Kirill Zarubin - Associated Press

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted from court after a pre-trial hearing in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges during a reporting trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg. He, his employer and the U.S. government have vehemently denied the charges, and Washington has declared him wrongfully detained. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Long before his arrest, U.S. reporter lamented that many friends in Russia were being locked up

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the building of "Palace of justice," in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Friday, July 19, 2024. A Russian court convicted Gershkovich on espionage charges that his employer and the U.S. have rejected as fabricated. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a secretive and rapid trial in the country's highly politicized legal system. (AP Photo)

Biden blasts Russia’s sentence for journalist Gershkovich, says he is pushing for release

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Court officials say closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, July 19, 2024, as the proceedings picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held in pre-trial custody for over a year. (AP Photo, File)

Russia seeks 18-year prison sentence for U.S. reporter on trial on espionage charges

By Kirill Zarubin - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)

Gershkovich attends hearing in Russia in his trial on espionage charges that he and the U.S. denies

By Kirill Zarubin and Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Russia has ‘irrefutable evidence’ journalist Evan Gershkovich is a spy, foreign minister says

By Jade Lozada - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)

Journalist Evan Gershkovich scheduled to appear in Russian court for second hearing of spy charges

Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)

U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)

American Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

By Kirill Zarubin and Jim Heintz - Associated Press

This photo combination shows some of the U.S. citizens who are in Russian custody. Clockwise from top left are Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a dual U.S.-Russian national Robert Woodland Romanov, Prague-based editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva, and a dual U.S.-Russian national Ksenia Karelina also known as Khavana. (AP Photo)

More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear

By Dasha Litvinova and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of Yekaterinburg, authorities said Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

The trial of a U.S. reporter charged with espionage in Russia is to begin June 26

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, April 23, 2024. Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the city of Yekaterinburg, authorities said Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Trial of Evan Gershkovich, U.S. reporter charged with espionage in Russia, is to begin June 26

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich speaks with his lawyers standing in a glass cage in a courtroom at the First Appeals Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. A court will considers an appeal against the arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained on espionage charges in Yekaterinburg last year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal, keeping him in jail until at least June 30

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted from a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Gershkovich was detained on espionage charges in March 2023 – an accusation that he, his employer and the U.S. government deny. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Evan Gershkovich, U.S. journalist, marks year in Russian prison

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press