Today is a joyous day for the safe return of our colleague Evan Gershkovich, who left a Russian aircraft earlier today in Turkey's capital, Ankara, as part of a prisoner swap with Russia. It is a joyous day for Evan's family, friends and colleagues, who have worried about him and supported him these past 16 months.
That it was done in a trade for Russian operatives guilty of serious crimes was predictable as the only solution given President Putin's cynicism. We are grateful to President Biden and his administration for working with persistence and determination to bring Evan home rather than see him shipped off to a Russian work camp for a crime he didn't commit.
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