Gershkovich recounts arrest, calls himself pawn in Russia's game

Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter freed in a prisoner swap, describes his arrest and 16-month detention in Russia, noting he was neither interrogated nor tortured, leading him to conclude he was a pawn in a larger geopolitical game. The account underscores the use of detained Americans as leverage in US-Russia relations, a pattern that continues with other detainees.