# Inside Gershkovich’s 16 Months in Russian Prisons

https://mins.news/en/video/114029

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-24 13:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQUuq6addM

> Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich tells Bloomberg This Weekend that his reporting experience and knowledge of Russia led him to believe his 2023 arrest on what he calls false espionage charges was meant to make him part of a prisoner exchange. He discusses his 16 months in Russian prisons, his memoir and what Stephen Hubbard’s release indicates about Moscow’s use of detained Americans.

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