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Speculation mounts that a US-Russia prisoner swap is in the works
Recent disappearances from Russian prisons have fueled talk of a potential prisoner swap. Neither R…
Kelsey Vlamis
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I was part of Russia's prisoner swap with the US. Here's how it feels to finally, suddenly be free.
Aleksandra 'Sasha' Skochilenko was released in last week's prisoner swap. She told BI about her imp…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Russia frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich in a major prisoner swap, report says
Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan in a ma…
Erin Snodgrass,Thibault Spirl…
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Photos capture the moment Americans released in a historic prisoner swap touch down on US soil
They were met by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after being freed from Russia…
Sarah Gray,Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The US tried to secure Alexey Navalny's release in a historic prisoner swap with Russia before his death
Alexey Navalny, Putin's most vocal political dissident, was supposed to be included in Thursday's h…
Lloyd Lee,Kelsey Vlamis
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Videos show the moment Americans were freed from Russian captivity after high-stakes prisoner swap
Russia freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan, and 14 ot…
Jake Epstein
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Russia sentenced a woman to 12 years in prison for donating $51 to a Ukrainian charity
Ksenia Khavana, a 33-year-old amateur ballerina, pleaded guilty in a closed-door trial last week af…
Hannah Abraham
Prisoner swap with Iran brings 5 Americans home
The US and Iran swapped prisoners after two years of high-stakes negotiations. The deal included th…
Prisoner swap with Iran brings 5 Americans home
The US and Iran swapped prisoners after two years of high-stakes negotiations. The deal included th…
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison for espion…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Russia hands over hundreds of Ukrainian POWs in the war's largest prisoner swap, including troops who fought in the earliest battles
Kyiv said some soldiers released this week fought in Mariupol and defended Chernobyl, both of which…
Jake Epstein
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US deal freed a Russian prisoner whose crime was writing anti-war messages on supermarket price tags
Alexandra Skochilenko has been freed from Russian prison after she was charged for posting anti-war…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Russia has a history of going after dissidents. One senior Kremlin official has now warned freed prisoners to 'disguise themselves.'
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned freed dissidents to "adopt new names" and "disguise…
Cameron Manley
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The Kremlin is open to discussions over a potential prisoner swap for detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, report says
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said during a Tuesday briefing with journalists that any potential …
John L. Dorman
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Russia airs video of UK fighters captured in Ukraine asking to be exchanged for Putin ally Medvedchuk in a prisoner swap
In the video, likely filmed under duress, British captives asked Boris Johnson to broker a deal inv…
Rachel Hosie
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Hamas releases 17 hostages in a second round of swaps after hours of delays
The exchange of captives between Israel and Hamas was delayed by hours on Saturday amid a tense sta…
Michelle Mark
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Kremlin ready to discuss prisoner swap with US after Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in Russian prison
"There is a special channel that has been agreed upon ... and no matter what anyone says publicly, …
Natalie Musumeci,Meredith Cash
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What Viktor Bout reportedly said to Brittney Griner the moment they were exchanged in a prisoner swap
Viktor Bout, the convicted arms dealer the US swapped with Russia, revealed details of his encounte…
Alia Shoaib
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Prison reform: Meet Naya Savera, a band of former convicts belting out tunes of change
The band called Naya Savera has brought a new morning for Sunil Maida, Ashish Sharma and Shoib Khan…
PTI
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Russia hasn't done a single prisoner-of-war exchange in months: reports
The spokesperson for Ukraine's Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said the l…