The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva.
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Reporters Without Borders reacts to American journalists’ release

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and Radio Free Europe journalist Alsu Kurmasheva.
 
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