Hostage Envoy: Swaps Haven't Encouraged Hostage-Taking, Russia Took Gershkovich 'as a Bargaining Chip'

On Thursday's broadcast of CNN International's "Amanpour," Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department Roger Carstens stated that Russia made it "pretty clear, immediately" that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich "was being taken and used as a bargaining chip against the United States." But prisoner swaps haven't incentivized further hostage-taking.