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Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim

Newspaper mounted a high-profile campaign to stress reporter’s innocence and ensure he was not forgotten

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16 years in Russia on disputed espionage charges, was released Thursday in a major multinational prisoner swap after spending more than a year behind bars. Originally from Russia, the journalist returned in 2017 to the country of his parents, Soviet Jews…

American journalist Evan Gershkovich detained in Russia on espionage charges, sparking international condemnation and calls for his release.

The Wall Street Journal reporter always felt the pull of his parents’ homeland, believing his Russian language skills and knowledge put him in a unique position to explain the country to the outside world. But, as Chris Stevenson writes, he would end up convicted on trumped-up spying charges

"If I was running a manufacturing company I would be meeting with the companies that provided us raw materials."

Conservative media titan Rupert Murdoch is making news again – this time, with a secretive effort to change an irrevocable trust. That trust has important ownership interests in both Fox Corp. and News Corp., so it affects broadcast news as well as The Wall Street Journal and other publications.

Insights from a recent poll by the Wall Street Journal on shifting voter preferences and increased enthusiasm among Democrats for their nominee.

As the Venezuelan contest nears, the Maduro regime steps up opposition arrests and conspiracy claims, including gaining support from criminal gangs