The aircraft transporting Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva has landed in Washington, D.C., as reported by Andrew Roth, Global Affairs Correspondent for The Guardian on X. PresidentJoe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcome Gershkovich and the other returnees at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. Gershkovich’s release, part of a major East-West prisoner swap—the largest since the Cold War—comes after he was detained for over a year on espionage charges. The exchange involved freeing Americans in return for Russians, incl…
