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Evan Gershkovich, WSJ reporter jailed by Putin: ‘They didn’t break me as a human being’

29 September 2026 at 17:25
Evan Gershkovich at Penguin Random House’s offices in New York on September 16, before the publication of his book.

Evan Gershkovich does not conceal the fact that he would rather be on the other side of the table. “Your job as an interviewer is much more fun than mine,” admits the journalist who has had to get used to being the center of the story. His ordeal began on March 29, 2023. The then–Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal was detained that day on charges of espionage. He spent 16 months in prison before being freed in the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War. The exchange, in which the governments of the United States and Germany were heavily involved, had the makings of a spy movie.

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Gershkovich, during the interview in New York on September 16.

Trump administration facing indictment for contempt after deporting Venezuelans to El Salvador

29 September 2026 at 13:12

A federal appeals court will examine Tuesday whether a federal judge can proceed with a criminal contempt investigation into the Trump administration related to the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March 2025.

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Relatives of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador during a protest in Caracas, March 25, 2025.
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