Putin is 'stockpiling Americans' in Russian jails to use as currency, The Wall Street Journal's editor says

• Emma Tucker accused Russia of "stockpiling Americans in its jails" to trade them.
• She said her reporter Evan Gershkovich was "picked up in order to be traded."
• It has been a year since Gershkovich was detained in Russia.

The editor of The Wall Street Journal accused Russia of "stockpiling Americans in its jails in order to be able to trade them at a later date."

Emma Tucker, editor in chief of the Journal, made the comments to the BBC ahead of the one-year anniversary of journalist Evan Gershkovich's arrest while on assignment in Russia.