'I can't wait to hug him': the Guardian's Pjotr Sauer reacts to Evan Gershkovich's release

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After spending more than a year imprisoned in Russia, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was freed in a prisoner exchange between the west and Moscow. The deal, mediated by Turkey, saw 16 citizens of western countries exchanged for eight Russians.
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The Guardian's Russian affairs reporter, Pjotr Sauer, describes how it felt to see his friend disembark from the plane in Ankara and walk free

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