Evan Gershkovich: The Russian government set a ‘trap’ for me
Check out the full conversation here: https://youtu.be/1qpsLM272T8
Evan Gershkovich spent 491 days in a Russian prison after being arrested on baseless espionage charges while reporting for The Wall Street Journal. He’s now out with a new tell-all book called This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story.
On this episode of The Freedom Desk, Jason and Evan explore the commonalities and differences between their experiences of being taken hostage by foreign governments. They discuss the guilt and confusion that permeate captivity, the ways they learned to survive, and what life is like after being released. It’s an unusually candid conversation between two journalists who have lived through the same harrowing ordeal and emerged determined to keep reporting.
