Russia open to prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich: Putin
ABC News
In an interview released on Thursday, Russian President Vladamir Putin said Russia is open to a prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is open to a prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who's been detained for over 300 days in the country.
In an interview published on his website on Thursday, former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson pressed Putin if he was willing to release Gershkovich as a sign of decency, to which Putin said he believed "an agreement can be reached."
"We have done so many gestures of goodwill out of decency that I think we have run out of them," Putin said.
Carlson went on to ask Putin about his country imprisoning the reporter.
"The guy is obviously not a spy, he's a kid ... and maybe he was breaking your law in some way, but he's not a super spy. ... He's being held hostage," Carlson said to Putin. "Maybe it's not fair to ask for an exchange."
