Evan Gershkovich’s Prison Memoir Begins with a Soviet Jewish Exodus
The memoir recounts 491 days in Russian custody and the 24-prisoner swap that freed him, with new reporting on the Kremlin’s efforts to frame him.
- On Tuesday, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich published his memoir, 'This Cursed Beautiful Land,' detailing his arrest in Russia on espionage charges and 16-month detention.
- Russian security agents detained Gershkovich in March 2023 while reporting in Yekaterinburg, holding him for 491 days in Lefortovo Prison, a facility that once housed Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
- President Joe Biden brokered the complex prisoner exchange involving 24 individuals across seven countries, executed in Ankara, Turkey, marking the largest such swap between Russia and the West since the Cold War.
- Reflecting on his Jewish heritage, Gershkovich recounts his mother Ella Milman's experiences with Soviet discrimination in the memoir, describing it as a 'captivity memoir' of the broader Russian population.
- Living in Berlin, Gershkovich continues reporting for the Journal while navigating his book tour. He says he feels ready to move forward, though reflecting on his time behind bars remains unavoidable.
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Evan Gerskovich, an American journalist and son of Soviet immigrants, was arrested on charges of espionage and released in 2024 as part of a major prisoner exchange The post Evan Gerskovich: "What I experienced in 16 months in Putin's prisons" appeared first on in.gr.
Evan Gershkovich details Russian arrest, reveals moment that nearly broke him during wrongful detention
Evan Gershkovich detailed how he realized his arrest by Russia's FSB was a setup for a prisoner swap, as the freed journalist describes the ordeal in his new book.
US journalist Evan Gershkovich spent nearly 500 days in a cramped Russian prison cell. When he was finally released two years ago in an extraordinary multi-country prisoner swap, it took him almost as long to recover.
The American reporter, after nearly 500 days in a Russian cell, recounts his experience of arrest and release in an exchange of prisoners. In his memoirs, he describes the emotional impact of his imprisonment and his adaptation to freedom, highlighting his personal struggle.
Evan Gershkovich reflects on arrest in Russia and reclaiming his life after release
In 2024, Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich was freed from detention in Russia, as part of a complex prisoner swap that included 16 people from seven countries. Gershkovich sat down with Amna Nawaz to discuss his arrest, his time in prison and his new book, “This Cursed Beautiful Land.”
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