Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was released by Russia on Thursday as part of a prisoner swap, after having been arrested and accused of being an American spy (nonsense, of course), made a final request before he was released: He wanted to interview Vladimir Putin.
The WSJ reported that Gershkovich had received a form to request presidential clemency from Putin in the days leading up to his release. When he filled out the form, the journalist used the final line to snidely ask the Russian dictator —who’s not a fan of Western media — if he would sit down for an interview. You won’t be shocked to hear this, but the interview neither happened nor did Gershkovich receive a response.
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