{"id":1972127,"date":"2023-07-13T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-serious-about-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-for-wsj-reporter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:25:55","slug":"biden-is-serious-about-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-for-wsj-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-serious-about-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-for-wsj-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden keen on prisoner swap with Russia for 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%2Fbiden-is-serious-about-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-for-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=1972127&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 class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VILNIUS, LITHUANIA \u2013 JULY 11: US President Joe Biden attends the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the first day of the 2023 NATO Summit on July 11, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. (Photo by Paul Ellis \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/noah-herring\">Noah Herring<\/a><br \/>12:20 PM \u2013 Thursday, July 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>President Biden announced that his administration is \u201cserious\u201d about pursuing a prisoner exchange for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Biden made the comments on Thursday during a press briefing alongside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto in Helsinki.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI would be remiss if I didn\u2019t raise my colleague, Evan Gershkovich, who\u2019s been imprisoned for more than 100 days. I just wondered if you had an update on the process for trying to get him out of prison and if you\u2019re serious about a prisoner exchange,\u201d a WSJ reporter asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m serious about a prisoner exchange,\u201d Biden responded. \u201cI\u2019m serious about doing all we can to free Americans who are being illegally held in Russia or anywhere else for that matter. That process is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in a situation in which the U.S. called \u201cbogus.\u201d U.S. ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, was able to meet with the reporter for the first time in months on July 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cEvan is in good health and remains resilient despite the circumstances. We hope that the Russian authorities will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-serious-about-prisoner-exchange-with-russia-for-wsj-reporter\/\" title=\"Biden keen on prisoner swap with Russia for WSJ journalist.\">provide regular consular access<\/a>,\u201d the U.S. embassy in Russia tweeted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Kremlin recognized the possibility of a prisoner swap with the U.S., but has refused to go into details. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was questioned about a potential swap for Russian citizen Vladimir Dunaev, who is in U.S. custody on cybercrime charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe have said that there have been certain contacts on the subject, but we don\u2019t want them to be discussed in public,\u201d Peskov said of the discussions between Russian and U.S. officials. \u201cThey must be carried out and continue in complete silence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The last time the U.S. completed a prisoner swap with Russia was in December 2022, when WNBA player Brittney Griner was released along with Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who is nicknamed the \u201cMerchant of Death.\u201d The arms dealer is now running for office in Russia after being freed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f BREAKING: Biden is Getting Ready To Do Another Russian Prisoner Swap\u2026 This Time For A WSJ Reporter! He is Fully Prepared To Send Multiple Terrorists\/War Criminals Back To Russia in Exchange\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/1679519126274932736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>While legacy media outlets fixate on President Trump\u2019s battle to postpone his trial regarding classified items, there has been hardly any coverage of President Biden\u2019s own ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray swore he was not giving the Biden family preferable treatment during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Steve Boulton<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kevin McGary<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) -Britain\u2019s antitrust regulator on Thursday announced an in-depth probe of Adobe\u2019s $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma, after the\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China issued interim measures on Thursday to manage its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-announces-in-depth-probe-of-adobes-20-billion-figma-deal\/\" title=\"UK to investigate Adobe's B Figma deal thoroughly.\">booming generative artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) industry, saying\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies received $560 million in royalty revenues in 2022, Alan Fan, its head of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German auto supplier Bosch will invest almost 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-kevin-spacey-what-is-happening-in-his-london-sex-offences-trial\/\" title=\"Kevin Spacey is currently facing trial for sex offences in London.\">hydrogen fuel cell technology<\/a> from 2021\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden attended the NAC meeting at the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. 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