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The Russian Prison That Evan Gershkovich Carried Home

In an interview, Mr. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was imprisoned in Russia for 16 months, described his ordeal and the moment that nearly broke him.

What the coverage shows

All three outlets center Evan Gershkovich’s imprisonment in Russia and his account of it, but they frame the piece differently. The New York Times headlines the memoir angle and, in its extract, emphasizes his interview and the moment that nearly broke him. The Economist, alone, casts the prison experience as a window onto Russia’s wartime “soul,” while BBC News, alone, foregrounds Gershkovich’s denial that the spy charges were fabricated and includes the prosecution’s CIA allegation.

Written by Crossfiled from the 4 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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