Gershkovich, Whelan released in Russian prisoner swap; Fogel remains in custody
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People gather in an alley emblazoned with a mural depicting American hostages and wrongful detainees who are being held abroad, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington. Pictured at top left is U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Russian prisoner Paul Whelan.
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Lisa Hyland, left, and other family members rally outside the White House for the release of Marc Fogel, who has been detained in Russia since August 2021, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Washington.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
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Elizabeth Whelan, left, sister of U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Russian prisoner Paul Whelan, holds a photo of her brother as she stands alongside Joey Reed, father of U.S. Marine Corps veteran and recently released Russian prisoner Trevor Reed, before a news conference with families of Americans currently being held hostage or wrongfully detained overseas in Lafayette Park near the White House, May 4, 2022, in Washington.
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Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying, listens to the verdict in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 15, 2020.
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President Joe Biden, center, delivers remarks on a prisoner swap with Russia from the State Dining Room of the White House, Aug. 1, 2024, in Washington.
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President Joe Biden, right, hugging Miriam Butorin, center, as Elizabeth Whelan, left, looks on after he delivered remarks on a prisoner swap with Russia from the State Dining Room of the White House, Aug. 1, 2024, in Washington.
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This photo combination shows, in the center, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and clockwise from top left are Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, corporate security executive and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Lilia Chanysheva, former coordinator of regional offices of the late opposition figure Alexei Navalny, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov, artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko, Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin, government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva and former head of Open Russia movement Andrei Pivovarov.
