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How Evan Gershkovich Kept Reporting From Inside a Russian Prison | WSJ

When Evan Gershkovich was arrested by Russia’s security forces in 2023—the first U.S. journalist charged with espionage in the country since the Cold War—he never stopped reporting.

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Вам не набридло з Навального робити героя? Ну людина відверто казала що питання з Кримом для України закрите, що навіть не хоче його обговорювати, а берете і згадуєте про цього імперця. Це ваша позиція видання згадувати людину яка була за окупацію Криму?
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US prisons populations and surroundings are just as bad or much worse.
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He was an intel officer for sure.
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I wonder did wsj pay him while in jail?
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@bbrealm From YouTube ↗ 29 Sep 2026 1
NEXT tell a story about GONZALO LIRA
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evan says other than technology, work processes, and language life there is similar to life working for wsj
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USA should stop tipping it’s journalists to work for the CIA
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@das_Alvy From YouTube ↗ 29 Sep 2026 7
Hope he's appreciating Rubio inviting ruZZland in to G20 unirronically?
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Almost no substance to this interview about what it was like in a Russian prison.
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Another reason to not like Russia, they are never beyond mistreating people because the government says it's ok to act unhinged and antisocial.
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@Jchasser From YouTube ↗ 29 Sep 2026 13
I was in prison with this guy. He’s a hoot
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I'm floored that his lawyers were allowed to bring in western newspaper articles for Evan to read.
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Could he watch NFL games on the prison dayroom TV?
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@Y2K25 From YouTube ↗ 29 Sep 2026 2
“Sort of…”
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Such an interesting guy. He is going to be very successful moving forward.
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He lost his hair in captivity.
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we need more journalists like him... someone can go to the ground.. look MSM these days, Beckys in front of laptop.. that aint a journalism
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@MooreCo From YouTube ↗ 29 Sep 2026 42
The world needs more journalists as courageous as Evan.
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Свободу политзаключенным!
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you can definitely see he's been changed by the experience, theres such a depth to his stare.