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Trump Asserts Putin Will Free WSJ Reporter if Reelected

May 23, 2024 1 min read

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Former President Donald Trump has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from prison soon after the November election in the United States. The announcement was made on Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, but did not specify any direct contacts with Putin. Gershkovich was arrested in Russia in March last year on spying charges, which he, his newspaper, and the Biden administration deny.

Putin had previously indicated that Gershkovich might be freed in exchange for a Russian imprisoned in Germany for murder. The US government has declared Gershkovich wrongfully detained, and his pretrial detention was recently extended despite a court of appeal ruling against it. Analysts have suggested that Moscow may be using jailed Americans as bargaining chips amid heightened US-Russian tensions over the Kremlin's military operations in Ukraine.

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