Reuters(@Reuters):Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days in Russian detention after becoming the first US journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. He was freed in an East-West prisoner swap in August 2024. In his book 'This Cursed Beautiful Land,' he reflects on his arrest, his time in prison and Vladimir Putin's Russia

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Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days in Russian detention after becoming the first US journalist arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. He was freed in an East-West prisoner swap in August 2024. In his book 'This Cursed Beautiful Land,' he reflects on his arrest, his time in prison and Vladimir Putin's Russia