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Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alsu Kurmasheva were freed from Russian captivity in one the biggest prisoner exchanges since the Cold War.
Journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, along with fellow American Paul Whelan, landed shortly before midnight at a U.S. air base outside Washington.
On August 1, 2024, Kurmasheva, alongside Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and various other individuals, was released in a 26 person prisoner exchange. [22] [23] After her release, Kurmasheva attended Post Isolation Support Activities, a 10-day program offered by the Department of Defense to help former hostages acclimate back to regular life. [24]
Kurmasheva was handed a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence last month during a closed-door hearing in Russia the same day Gershkovich was sentenced. Kurmasheva, a Prague-based journalist for the ...
The U.S. has conducted a major prisoner swap to bring Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan home ... American citizen Alsu Kurmasheva and U.S. permanent resident Vladimir Kara-Murza were also ...
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist, are back on U.S. soil. As they stepped off the plane, President ...
Kurmasheva and fellow freed Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan were reunited with their families in an emotional scene at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last week. Kurmasheva rushed into ...
Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva deplaned shortly before 4:30 a.m. eastern at Joint Base San Antonio, officially marking the beginning of their next chapter, free and back home in ...