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As Gershkovich's trial begins, a look at the chances of a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap

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73% Informative

The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich appeared in court accused of working on behalf of the CIA .

The White House calls the trial a sham and the charges against him are fiction.

Nick Schifrin is PBS NewsHour's Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent.

VR Score

81

Informative language

84

Neutral language

68

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

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