Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has indicated that Moscow may be open to negotiating a prisoner exchange with the United States involving Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The United States has offered to exchange him for two Russian nationals currently held in the U.S., but Russia has so far refused to consider such a swap. Gershkovich has been held in a Moscow prison since April 2019 and his trial has been delayed multiple times. It remains to be seen whether the Russian government will ultimately agree to a prisoner exchange.
