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Fast Forward Who is Vladimir Kara-Murza, the Russian Jewish dissident released with Evan Gershkovich?
The Pulitzer Prize winner was a pallbearer at Sen. John McCain’s funeral
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Fast Forward Massive prisoner swap with Russia, including Evan Gershkovich, could be underway
The rumored swap may also include Jewish dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza
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Fast Forward Russia sentences Jewish-American journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in maximum security prison
The Jewish Federations of North America called the trial and verdict against Gershkovich a “sham"
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Fast Forward Russia sentences Jewish writer Masha Gessen to prison in absentia for comments on Ukraine war
Gessen joins a growing list of Jewish writers targeted by Russia over the war
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Fast Forward Closed-door espionage trial of American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich begins in Russia
Jewish groups have lobbied on behalf of Gershkovich, who was arrested more than a year ago
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Fast Forward Synagogues in Dagestan, Russia, targeted alongside churches in terror attack
The attack took place in the same region where a mob sought out passengers coming from Israel in 2023
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Fast Forward This month marks a year since Evan Gershkovich and Elizabeth Tsurkov were deprived of their freedom
Families and colleagues of these two Jews — a reporter imprisoned in Russia and an academic kidnapped in Iraq — don’t want them forgotten
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News Many Ukrainian Jews have left over 2 years of war. Many others are still invested in their local communities
Even as Russian attacks continue, most Ukrainian Jews are focused primarily on building — or rebuilding — their lives and communities
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