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It starts on TikTok. this episode did not go as planned for the best possible reasons it was meant to be the story of Evan Gerschkovich,

an American journalist imprisoned in Russia

and sentenced in a sham trial.

Now a Russian court has found US journalist Evan Gerschkovich guilty of espionage

sentencing him to 16 years in prison. But last week as we were putting

together that episode, the story started changing.

Hey, Pioto. Hi guys. How's it going?

Yeah, not bad. We, nervous, excited. I bet, I bet you are. By the way, we're recording right now.

Okay, also recording as well.

Suddenly, high profile prisoners were disappearing from Russian jails.

Plains used in prisoner swaps in the past were landing in Moscow.

For Evans' family and friends, like the Guardians' Russia Affairs correspondent, Piotas Sour,

one of Evans' best friends.

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