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This photo combination shows some of the U.S. citizens who are in Russian custody. Clockwise from top left are Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, Army Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a dual U.S.-Russian national Robert Woodland Romanov, Prague-based editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service Alsu Kurmasheva, and a dual U.S.-Russian national Ksenia Karelina also known as Khavana. (AP Photo)

More Americans are ending up in Russian jails. Prospects for their release are unclear

U.S. citizens jailed in Russia include a Wall Street Journal reporter, a vacationing corporate security executive and a dual national visiting her family in Tatarstan

By Dasha Litvinova And Eric Tucker
Published - Jun 25, 2024, 12:12 AM ET
Last Updated - Jun 25, 2024, 12:12 AM EDT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — One was a journalist on a reporting trip. Another was attending a wedding. Yet another was a dual national returning to visit family.

All are U.S. citizens now behind bars in Russia on various charges.

Arrests of Americans in Russia are increasingly common with relations sinking to Cold War lows. Washington accuses Moscow of using U.S. citizens as bargaining chips, but Russia insists they all broke the law.

While high-profile prisoner exchanges have occurred, the prospects of swaps are unclear.

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