Fox News: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich asked for Putin interview upon release from Russian prison

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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich asked for Putin interview upon release from Russian prison

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit for an interview after he was released, The Wall Street Journal reported....                        ...                        ...                            ...Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was imprisoned in Russia for over 16 months, made a bold proposal before his release in a prisoner swap on Thursday, asking whether he could interview You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login after being freed.......Gershkovich made the request while filling out a mandated official request for presidential clemency that was addressed to Putin before his release, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"The last line submitted a proposal of his own: After his release, would Putin be willing to sit down for an interview?" the Journal reported.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was arrested on March 29, 2023, while reporting on a trip to the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg and was accused of espionage. The Biden administration declared him "wrongfully detained," and The Wall Street Journal and U.S. government both emphatically denied the charges, calling them absurd on their face. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years at a high-security penal colony on July 19.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login on Thursday said that Russia released 16 prisoners in the swap for eight Russians being held in the West. Among the prisoners Russia released were four Americans, including Gershkovich and Paul Whelan; five Germans; and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners in their own country......."Their brutal ordeal is over, and they are free," Biden said.......Fox News' David Rutz, Brian Flood, Timothy H.J. Nerozzi and Greg Norman contributed to this report....

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