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Evan Gershkovich is free – and keen to raise plight of Russian political prisoners

It was heartening to see the US journalist’s playful manner after his ordeal but he was in earnest when talking about helping those still incarcerated

For a few seconds, no one even noticed that Evan Gershkovich had taken his first steps back on US soil as a free man.

All eyes were on Paul Whelan, the ex-marine who had spent more than 2,000 days in a Russian prison, mostly in obscurity as his family implored the White House to bring him home. Now Joe Biden was holding him by the elbow, while the vice-president, Kamala Harris, looked on.

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