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VIDEO: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich among Americans freed in historic prisoner swap
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich among Americans freed in historic prisoner swap

In the biggest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were freed from Russian prisons for several Russians.

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