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Inside Gershkovich’s 16 Months in Russian Prisons

Bloomberg Markets·October 24, 2026·1 min read

Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich tells Bloomberg This Weekend that his reporting experience and knowledge of Russia helped him understand his 2023 arrest on false espionage charges was likely intended to make him part of a prisoner exchange. He discusses his 16 months in Russian prisons, his memoir This Cursed Beautiful Land, and Stephen Hubbard's release.

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