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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was released in a prisoner swap with Russia.

Gershkovich, who had been sentenced to 16 years in prison, was released Thursday along with Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and twelve others.

The Wall Street Journal reports the exchange involved “24 prisoners and at least six countries,” including Vadim Krasikov, who was serving a life sentence in Germany for shooting and killing a Chechen rebel leader in a Berlin park.

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