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G4Media 📰<p>Vladimir <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> refuză cererea de interviu a jurnalistului 🗞️<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3NBP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wp.me/p9KpFA-3NBP</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%C8%98tiri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Știri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rusia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rusia</span></a></p>
Z O R A N G R B I C<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Bloomberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomberg</span></a> Fires One of the Two Reporters Whose Byline Was on <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Embargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Embargo</span></a>-Breaking <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>-Release Story <a href="https://x.com/charlottetklein/status/1820480340932346271" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">x.com/charlottetklein/status/1</span><span class="invisible">820480340932346271</span></a></p><p>I hope she’ll get back on her feet soon. You don’t want to work for a company that throws you this easily under the bus. At what moment is anyone going to believe that it’s the journalists fault!?</p>
Putin's IBS<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> promises him complete anonymity. Then, he is handcuffed.</p><p>A video of the detention of former Marine <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Paul_Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul_Whelan</span></a> in December 2018 has also been published. It is claimed that in the video, in the toilet of the Metropol Hotel in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>, he received a flash drive from an "informant" with "secret information regarding the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a> personnel," <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/REN_TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>REN_TV</span></a> wrote. There is no sound on the recording.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/putinisamasskiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putinisamasskiller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/putinisawarcriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putinisawarcriminal</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kardinal691" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kardinal691</span></a></span></p>
Putin's IBS<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> propagandists have shown for the first time a video of the detention of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Evan_Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evan_Gershkovich</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Paul_Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paul_Whelan</span></a>.</p><p>However, in the footage published as "confirmation of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>'s guilt," the journalist is seen and heard discussing the details of the publication of the article in the newspaper with his source.</p><p>Thus, one of the recordings shows journalist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Evan_Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evan_Gershkovich</span></a> talking to a man in a restaurant. The interlocutor tells the journalist that he has brought classified documents.</p>
Hanse Mina<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s state-backed media outlets REN TV and RT have published video footage of the arrests of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> citizens Evan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> and Paul <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a>, both of whom were freed in last week’s historic prisoner swap between Moscow and the West. The clips were reportedly provided by Russia’s Federal Security Service (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a>), which carried out the arrests.</p><p><a href="https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/05/i-said-to-leave-it-at-home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">meduza.io/en/feature/2024/08/0</span><span class="invisible">5/i-said-to-leave-it-at-home</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Deutschlandfunk (inoffiziell)<p>Norbert Röttgen (CDU) - Schwierige Abwägung im Namen der Humanität</p><p>Der Gefangenenaustausch mit Russland verlangte vom Rechtsstaat Verzicht auf Strafe, so Norbert Röttgen (CDU). Das erfordere einen breiten politischen Konsens.<a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Gefangenenaustausch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gefangenenaustausch</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Russland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russland</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Tiergartenm%C3%B6rder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tiergartenmörder</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=WladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=NorbertR%C3%B6ttgenCDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorbertRöttgenCDU</span></a><br><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/gefangenaustausch-um-welchen-preis-interview-m-norbert-roettgen-cdu-dlf-69966639-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Röttgen (CDU): Gefangenenaustausch um einen hohen Preis</a></p>
ManyRoads 🇺🇦 Cui bono?<p>"Biden and Harris greet US prisoners released in landmark exchange with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p><p>Journalist Evan <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>, ex-US marine Paul <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> and journalist Alsu <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurmasheva</span></a> returned to the United States on Thursday, hours after being freed from detention in Russia in the biggest prisoner exchange between the two countries since the Cold War"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2024</span></a> #,La <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Donate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240802-biden-and-harris-greet-us-prisoners-released-in-landmark-exchange-with-russia-evan-gershkovich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">france24.com/en/americas/20240</span><span class="invisible">802-biden-and-harris-greet-us-prisoners-released-in-landmark-exchange-with-russia-evan-gershkovich</span></a></p>
G4Media 📰<p>Întâlnire emoționantă între Evan 🗞️<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> și mama sa.<br>În cererea de grațiere către <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>, jurnalistul de la 📰<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WallStreetJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreetJournal</span></a> a făcut și o solicitare de interviu.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3Jrq" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wp.me/p9KpFA-3Jrq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/%C8%98tiri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Știri</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Rusia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rusia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SUA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a></p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Friday, August 2 2024</p><p>Russia suffers big losses but has 'minor gains' on eastern front -- Pokrovsk became Russia's main target after Kharkiv push failed -- Defense Ministry to purchase Ukrainian-made unmanned ground vehicle -- EU sees no threat to Hungary, Slovakia due to Ukraine's Lukoil sanctions so far -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20August%202%202024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Friday,%20August%202%202024/</span></a></p>
Ulfh3dnar<p>Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, and Paul Whelan arrived in the United States after a prisoner exchange.</p><p>They were met by U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and members of their families.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurmasheva</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Whelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whelan</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a></p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>Inside the Secret <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negotiations</span></a> to Free Evan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>: “The effort to bring home The Wall Street Journal reporter and others unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mother.” | WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/evan-gershkovich-prisoner-exchange-ccb39ad3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/world/europe/evan-gers</span><span class="invisible">hkovich-prisoner-exchange-ccb39ad3</span></a></p>
Trendy Toots<p>Today's top ten tag trends:</p><p>10: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrisonerSwap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonerSwap</span></a><br>9: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a><br>8: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthovershootday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthovershootday</span></a><br>7: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/august" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>august</span></a><br>6: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rpgaday2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rpgaday2024</span></a><br>5: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a><br>4: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThrowbackThursday</span></a><br>3: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musiquinta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musiquinta</span></a><br>2: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PettyOlympicsComplaints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PettyOlympicsComplaints</span></a><br>1: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makershour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makershour</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trendytoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trendytoots</span></a> 📈</p>
🇮🇱🟣🇺🇦Daniel Kosmopolityczny<p>Zwischen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russland</span></a>, den USA und anderen Ländern hat der größte Gefangenenaustausch seit Sowjetzeiten stattgefunden. Mit dabei: Evan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RussialsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussialsATerroristState</span></a> <br><a href="https://taz.de/Gefangenenaustausch-mit-Russland/!6024251/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">taz.de/Gefangenenaustausch-mit</span><span class="invisible">-Russland/!6024251/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But as their interrogations stretched for hours, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> learned that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Khizhnyak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khizhnyak</span></a> also shared a passion for soccer &amp; literature. The interrogator was a fan of English Premier League club Liverpool, while Gershkovich, a HS state soccer champion, supported rival club Arsenal. Gershkovich was reading “Life &amp; Fate,” the WWII epic by Soviet war correspondent Vasily Grossman, &amp; Leo Tolstoy’s “War &amp; Peace,” followed by dozens of other books, which he &amp; Khizhnyak discussed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>When not in his cell, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> was called to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/interrogation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interrogation</span></a> room of chief investigator Alexei Khizhnyak, the same <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a> interrogator who had once questioned the fmr Marine, Whelan. Khizhnyak faced prisoners across a T-shaped wooden table, in a room watched over by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CheGuevara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CheGuevara</span></a>, Soviet security services’ founder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FelixDzerzhinsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FelixDzerzhinsky</span></a> &amp; 2 portraits of Vladimir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>. Whelan had said during his pretrial investigation that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Khizhnyak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khizhnyak</span></a> had threatened to kill him….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Set in a pastel yellow complex off a leafy street on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a>’s outskirts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lefortovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lefortovo</span></a> was run by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSB</span></a> &amp; designed to make its inmates feel entirely alone. Its sterile corridors were unnervingly quiet save for the echo of slamming cell doors &amp; the jangling of guards’ keys.</p><p>Barred from seeing US Embassy ofcls, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> maintained contact w/the outside world from letters that arrived after passing through censors.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>An earlier excerpt:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>’s first letter arrived in April, running 2pgs, in handwritten Russian.</p><p>“Mom…I am trying to write. Maybe, finally, I am going to write something good.”</p><p>He signed off: “Until we meet soon. Write me.”</p><p>The reporter was spending 23hrs a day in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SolitaryConfinement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolitaryConfinement</span></a> in a 9’ X 12’ cell in the infamous jail where Stalin’s henchman once tortured thousands of enemies of the state.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hostage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic<p>Love ❤️ This!</p><p>Russia must be thinking that Kamala Harris is going to win in November! </p><p>(Must have lost their hope for a Trump presidency 😂😂😂)</p><p>US-Russia prisoner swap frees Evan <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a>, more than a dozen others</p><p>“Four Americans and 12 Germans were released from Russia on Thursday in one of the biggest and most complex prisoner swaps in U.S. history.</p><p>The Americans included three journalists: <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/EvanGershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EvanGershkovich</span></a>, Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza, according to U.S. officials. Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive and former Marine, was also released”</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/01/us-russia-prisoner-swap-frees-evan-gershkovich-00172258" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/08/01/u</span><span class="invisible">s-russia-prisoner-swap-frees-evan-gershkovich-00172258</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>'last month the court unexpectedly brought the 2nd hearing forward. At the end of a lightning-fast 3-day trial, Evan <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> was convicted and sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony.</p><p>The very same day, Alsu <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kurmasheva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kurmasheva</span></a> was sentenced to 6.5 ys in prison by a court in Kazan. Her trial had lasted just 2 days.<br>Someone was clearly in a hurry. It was the strongest sign yet that a deal had been done.The Russian authorities normally treat a conviction as a prerequisite for any prisoner exchange'</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>“I do not rule out that Mr <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gershkovich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gershkovich</span></a> may return to his homeland,” Putin said in his Carlson interview in February. “We want the US special services to think about how they can contribute to achieving the goals our special services are pursuing.”<br>A few days later, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> died in an Arctic penal colony. Rumours swirled that before his death, talks had been under way on exchanging Mr Navalny, Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan, all jailed in Russia, for Vadim Krasikov in Germany</p>