The US is looking to use Russian prisoners held in other countries as bartering chips in its quest to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
The US is looking to use Russian prisoners held in other countries as bargaining chips in its quest to free Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and other Americans detained by the Kremlin, according to a report.
Though American officials typically offer concessions for the release of its civilians, Russia has reportedly made it clear that it is interested in a balanced exchange of prisoners.in December, the US has been seemingly left without a comparable trading candidate for Gershkovich and Whelan. Moscow has expressed interest in brokering a deal to regain Vadim Krasikov, a Russian serving a life sentence in GermanyWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia since late March.A senior administration official floated the bartering idea shortly after Gershkovich was arrested while on assignment in the city of Yekaterinburg in late March.
Gershkovich, who has reported on Russia for six years, was accused of gathering information classified as a state secret about a military factory, an offense punishable by up to 20 years in prison.Gershkovich has been “wrongfully detained”
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