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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Evan Gershkovich

Former prisoner held by Russia, US journalist Evan Gershkovich is welcomed by US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
August 2, 2024, 9:25 am
Gershkovich, other freed prisoners met by families, Biden and Harris as they land in US
WSJ journalist says he feels ‘not bad’ after finally returning home; ex-US Marine Paul Whelan and Russian dissidents also released as part of major exchange with Moscow
By Agencies
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 July 19, 2024. (AP)
August 1, 2024, 10:09 pm
US reporter Evan Gershkovich freed in 24-prisoner swap between Russia, West
Biden hails ‘diplomatic feat’ alongside American prisoners’ families at White House; Medvedev celebrates Russians who ‘worked for the fatherland’
By Danny Kemp and Volkan NAKIBOGLU
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendant's cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP)
August 1, 2024, 1:50 pm
Major Russia-US prisoner swap, including Evan Gershkovich, could be underway
Jewish-American journalist could be released alongside artists, activists and former senior staffers of late dissident Alexei Navalny
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands listening to the verdict in a glass cage of a courtroom inside the 'Palace of justice' in Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
July 19, 2024, 5:42 pm
Russia sentences WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in jail; verdict decried as sham
Newspaper pledges to keep working to help secure release of journalist, who US has declared wrongly detained, as verdict clears way for potential prisoner swap
By Kirill Zarubin
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
July 19, 2024, 11:33 am
Closing arguments begin in Russian trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter faces almost certain conviction in politicized legal system; US blasts ‘wrongful detention,’ says Russia ‘using human beings as bargaining chips’
By Kirill Zarubin
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. (AP)
June 26, 2024, 10:47 am
US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Russian court for start of spy trial
Wall Street Journal reporter faces up to 20 years in prison if court finds him guilty, which is almost certain; publisher: ‘Sham trial, bogus charges that are completely trumped up’
By AP
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. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
June 17, 2024, 11:29 am
Russia to start espionage trial of US reporter Gershkovich next week
First hearing of closed-door proceedings scheduled for June 26; Wall Street Journal warns it will be a ‘sham’ and that charges against its journalist are ‘false and baseless’
By Agencies
File: Then-US President-elect Donald Trump, left, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 28, 2016; Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow, December 23, 2016. (AFP Photo/Don Emmert, Natalia Kolesnikova)
May 23, 2024, 12:48 pm
Trump says Putin would release Evan Gershkovich for him, Kremlin denies contact
The former US president posts online that jailed WSJ reporter ‘will be released almost immediately’ after election, should Trump defeat Biden in November
By Agencies
In this photo released by the Moscow City Court Press Service, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024. (Moscow City Court Press Service via AP)
March 29, 2024, 1:43 pm
One year on, family of jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich vows to ‘continue fighting’
Wall Street Journal reporter was detained a year ago by Russian authorities on espionage charges, which critics say are baseless and politically motivated
By Maria Danilova
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Russia, December 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
March 26, 2024, 12:46 pm
Russia extends detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich after a year in jail
32-year-old US citizen is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, notorious for its harsh conditions; is to be kept in custody until June 30
By AP
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on September 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
March 2, 2024, 1:17 pm
‘We need to be strong’: Family of US reporter jailed in Russia yearns for his release
Parents, sister of journalist Evan Gershkovich, share joy, pain of seeing him in Moscow court hearings amid allegations of espionage: ‘Just seeing his little mannerisms’
By Maria Danilova
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, right, is escorted from the Lefortovsky court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
January 26, 2024, 12:28 pm
Russia extends detention of US journalist accused of espionage until March
Decision means Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will spend at least a year behind bars ahead of his trial
By AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 14, 2023. (Aleksander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 16, 2023, 10:53 am
In 1st comments on Evan Gershkovich, Putin says Russia seeks prisoner exchange
Russian president says agreements to free Wall Street Journal reporter and US Marine Paul Whelan must be ‘mutually acceptable’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Russia, December 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
December 14, 2023, 2:07 pm
Russian court upholds imprisonment of WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich
Putin says there is ‘a dialogue’ on his potential release, and ‘I hope we will find a solution’; US envoy: ‘Russian authorities have chosen to use him as a political pawn’
By AP
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested by Russia on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his extended pre-trial detention at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on September 19, 2023. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
September 19, 2023, 4:03 pm
US reporter Evan Gershkovich appears in Russian court to appeal detention
Wall Street Journal correspondent has been held for 6 months on espionage charges that Moscow has not backed up with public evidence
By AFP
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