A Short History of Spy Swaps

Putin is so eager to get back spies held in the West that he's taken Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich hostage.

UPDATE: Blinken calls for U.S. journalist’s release. Via The Washington Post, Sunday Apr. 2: Washington has called on the Kremlin to immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, a State Department spokesperson said Sunday. The United States is gravely concerned about the Wall Street Journal reporter’s “unacceptable” detention, Secretary of …