American journalist Evan Gershkovich released in biggest prisoner swap since Cold War

Almost 500 days after he was detained in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is heading home. With him are former US marine Paul Whelan and Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, part of the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War.

Sixteen people detained in Russia and Belarus are being released, in exchange for eight held in the US and several European countries. One of them is a convicted Russian murderer.