Evan Gershkovich on Prison, Russia and Liberty

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American journalist Evan Gershkovich has written a book about his prison experiences in Russia.

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American journalist Evan Gershkovich has written a book about his experiences in prison in Russia. Gershkovich, 35, spent 491 days in prison on fabricated espionage charges.

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American journalist Evan Gershkovich spent a year and a half in a Russian cell. President Vladimir Putin had him arrested so he could subsequently use him as a bargaining chip. 'To be disillusioned with a country, you must first have illusions about it.'

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491 days is the time that Evan Gershkovich remained in the Lefortovo prison in Moscow. Former correspondent in Russia, he tells in his book his imprisonment in 2023, while he wrote an article on the transformation of the Russian regime into a war machine.