When Evan Gershkovich was arrested by the FSB he feared the worst

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Russia's FSB snatched US journalist Evan Gershkovich in a Yekaterinburg restaurant, what followed was life in a Russian jail cell and being part of a prisoner swap for an assassin.

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When Evan Gershkovich was arrested by the FSB he feared the worst
Russia's FSB snatched US journalist Evan Gershkovich in a Yekaterinburg restaurant, what followed was life in a Russian jail cell and being part of a prisoner swap for an assassin.

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Source reliability: 86/100
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