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Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

The Independent  

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Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from a Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken there to be shot. Still, Kara-Murza stressed that such prisoner swaps are, in effect, “the saving of people’s lives.” The death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison on February …

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Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin ally warns freed prisoners to take 'new names and disguises'

Daily Mail  

Former Russian President and close Vladimir Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev has issued a chilling warning to political dissidents freed from jails in a huge prisoner exchange with Western countries. British journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza, American Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and a host of Russian citizens were released from their prison cells yesterday in return for various Russian assets jailed …

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3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Also released was Whelan, a Michigan corporate security executive jailed since 2018, also on espionage charges he …

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Who are the prisoners being released by Russia and the West?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Who are the prisoners being released by Russia and the West?

ABC  

It's believed to be the largest prisoner swap between the West and Russia since the Cold War. He was charged with spreading false information about the Russian military, following the introduction of new laws that criminalised dissent against Mr Putin's war in Ukraine. She was charged with spreading false information about Russia's military and last month was sentenced to six-and-a-half …

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Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Russia on Thursday completed their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released Russians in their custody as part of the exchange. Here are some things to know: Who was freed Vice President Kamala Harris, right, looks on at Paul …

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See the faces of evil the West is sending back to Russia in the biggest prisoner swap since the COLD WAR
4 months, 3 weeks ago

See the faces of evil the West is sending back to Russia in the biggest prisoner swap since the COLD WAR

Daily Mail  

A hitman, a weapons dealer, and a money launderer are among eight prisoners released by the US as part of a historic prisoner swap with Moscow. The convicts were let go in exchange for the release of 16 prisoners from Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan. Vadim Krasikov, the so-called bicycle killer, …

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3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia
4 months, 3 weeks ago

3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, greets reporter Evan Gershkovich at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following …

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Wall Street Journal breaks its silence as reporter Evan Gershkovich is finally RELEASED by Russia in biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Wall Street Journal breaks its silence as reporter Evan Gershkovich is finally RELEASED by Russia in biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War

Daily Mail  

The Wall Street Journal has praised the release of three Americans, including reporter Evan Gershkovich, as part of a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the US. A plane carrying American prisoners has landed in Turkey following a major swap between Russia and the US Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is among those released from prison in Russia 'That …

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Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Evan Gershkovich among 26 freed in major Russia-West prisoner exchange

Al Jazeera  

The swap, mediated by Turkey, involved 26 prisoners and seven different countries, security officials say. Russia has freed Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan as part of an extensive prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, US President Joe Biden has confirmed. “Today, three American citizens and one American green-card holder who were unjustly imprisoned …

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Americans released in prisoner swap with Russia are back on U.S. soil, welcomed by Biden and Harris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Americans released in prisoner swap with Russia are back on U.S. soil, welcomed by Biden and Harris

LA Times  

This image released by the White House shows Evan Gershkovich, left, Alsu Kurmasheva, right, and Paul Whelan, second from right, and others aboard a plane Thursday after their release from Russian captivity. Soon, they’ll be wheels up, on their way home to see their family.” Sullivan called the negotiations “one of the largest and certainly one of the most complex …

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Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

NPR  

Prisoner swap with Russia frees Americans including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan toggle caption Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images In one of the largest prisoner swaps between the United States, its allies and Russia since the end of the Cold War, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan are among more than a dozen prisoners …

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CNN Exclusive: Russian officials requested adding convicted murderer to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap
2 years, 4 months ago

CNN Exclusive: Russian officials requested adding convicted murderer to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap

CNN  

CNN — Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be included in the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. It is a bad faith attempt to …

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