{"id":1964674,"date":"2023-07-05T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-hints-at-prisoner-swap-to-free-detained-wsj-reporter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T18:53:23","slug":"russia-hints-at-prisoner-swap-to-free-detained-wsj-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-hints-at-prisoner-swap-to-free-detained-wsj-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia suggests prisoner exchange for release of detained WSJ journalist."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-hints-at-prisoner-swap-to-free-detained-wsj-reporter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1964674&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>A Hint of Hope for a Prisoner Swap<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A Kremlin spokesman hinted at another prisoner swap with the United States in a press briefing Tuesday, appearing to reference detained <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dmitry Peskov, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> for Russian president Vladimir Putin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-discusses-prisoner-swaps-with-u-s-66ee7212?mod=politics_lead_pos4\">said<\/a> at the briefing &#8220;there are certain contacts&#8221; related to a possible prisoner exchange, and that discussions &#8220;must continue in complete silence.&#8221; Gershkovich was arrested by Russia in March on charges of espionage that he denies. The United States considers Gershkovich &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">wrongfully detained<\/a>,&#8221; which obligates the government to seek his release.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes six months after the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/a-shameful-prisoner-swap\/\">secured<\/a> the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after the player was arrested for attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mercury-state-department-meet-over-wnba-star-brittney-griner-arrest-detention\/\" title=\"Mercury, State Department Meet Over WNBA Star Brittney Griner Arrest &#038; Detention\">bring vape cartridges<\/a> with cannabis oil into the country. In exchange for Griner, Russia received Viktor Bout, known also as the &#8220;Merchant of Death&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner\/\">described<\/a> as &#8220;one of the most dangerous men on earth&#8221; by Michael Braun, former chief of operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Bout was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/a-shameful-prisoner-swap\/\">sentenced<\/a> to prison by the United States in 2011 for attempting to sell arms to Colombian terrorists to use against American troops.<\/p>\n<p>While Griner walked free, former Marine Paul Whelan was left in Russia to begin his fifth year in Russian prison. Whelan was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/05\/politics\/paul-whelan-labor-camp\/index.html\">arrested<\/a> in 2018 on espionage charges and has since been sentenced to 16 years in a labor camp.<\/p>\n<p>A White House official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/russia-discusses-prisoner-swaps-with-u-s-66ee7212?mod=politics_lead_pos4\">said<\/a> Tuesday, &#8220;While we unfortunately do not have a breakthrough to share, we continue to pursue every avenue to secure the release of Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kremlin spokesperson suggested a potential prisoner exchange with the US, mentioning detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for Russian president Vladimir Putin, stated that discussions regarding a swap should persist, hinting at ongoing contacts for a possible resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2083,"featured_media":1964675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}