The Kremlin said Thursday that discussions continued to take place over a possible prisoner exchange involving Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia nearly one year ago on espionage charges. The 32-year-old American journalist was detained by Russian security agents in March 2023 and accused of spying, the first such charge against a Western journalist since the Soviet era. Gershkovich, his employers and the U.S. officials have all vehemently rejected the spying accusations. President Vladimir Vladimir Putin has publically expressed a willingness to exchange…