Putin: Any deal to free American journalist must benefit Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that any deal to free Evan Gershkovich, the American journalist jailed in Russia on espionage charges, would have to be mutually beneficial for Moscow.

Gershkovich, who reports for The Wall Street Journal, has been jailed in Russia since March 2023 on spying charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The State Department has also declared