This Cursed Beautiful Land by Evan Gershkovich review – jailed in Putin’s Russia

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According to The Guardian, Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter wrongfully detained by Russian authorities on bogus espionage charges during the early phase of the Ukraine war, recounts his eighteen-month ordeal in Lefortovo and Yekaterinburg prisons in his new book, 'This Cursed Beautiful Land.' Born to Russian Jewish immigrants in the US, Gershkovich details his arrest in a sting operation, his life behind bars, and his observations of the Russian judicial system. Acknowledging his awareness that he was a bargaining chip destined for a prisoner exchange, he describes the minutiae of prison life, including reading, interacting with cellmates, and watching Russian television. Guardian critic Sam Leith describes the work as a gripping and moving account of imprisonment and an insight into the mindset prevailing within the Russian prison system.