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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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Gloating Putin greets Russians with hugs and kisses as they return to Moscow after complex prisoner swap with Western countries
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Gloating Putin greets Russians with hugs and kisses as they return to Moscow after complex prisoner swap with Western countries

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin warmly welcomed Russian nationals - including a convicted killer - back to the 'motherland' with hugs and kisses after the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the Cold War took place on Thursday. Vladimir Putin warmly embraces Vadim Krasikov, convicted by a German court of killing a Chechen dissident in Berlin The Russian despot also hugged another of the …

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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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Commenting on Navalny’s death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe
9 months, 1 week ago

Commenting on Navalny’s death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe

Associated Press  

Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. Putin said Monday, also without offering any evidence, that several days before Navalny’s death, “certain colleagues, not from the administration” told him about “an idea to exchange …

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Vadim Krasikov: The 'assassin' that Russia wanted to swap for ex-US Marine
2 years ago

Vadim Krasikov: The 'assassin' that Russia wanted to swap for ex-US Marine

Firstpost  

US efforts to negotiate the release of former Marine Paul Whelan hit a roadblock over Moscow’s demand for the release of Vadim Krasikov. A former colonel in Russia’s domestic spy organisation, Krasikov is serving a life sentence in Germany for murdering a Chechen fighter in a park in Berlin in 2019 Washington: US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a …

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Trump blasts White House's rumored offer to trade 'Merchant of Death'
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump blasts White House's rumored offer to trade 'Merchant of Death'

Daily Mail  

Ex-President Donald Trump does not think that exchanging the arms dealer labeled as the 'Merchant of Death' in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner is a 'very good trade.' Turning to the Merchant of Death aka arms dealer Viktor Bout, Trump said: 'He's absolutely one of the worst in the world, and he's gonna be given his freedom because a …

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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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