US reporter Evan Gershkovich and as many as 20 to 30 other political prisoners and journalists have reportedly been released from Russian jails in a massive political prisoner swap, according to reports. Rumours began to swirl on July 31 that something was up when several prominent Russian opposition prisoners held in Russian jails disappeared and their whereabouts were unknown, according to their families. “An An-148 plane that could be carrying Russian political prisoners and foreign hostages selected for a massive prisoner swap with US and Germany is on the way from Moscow to Kaliningrad,” …