Exchanged prisoner Yashin condemns his “illegal expulsion” from Russia

Berlin, Germany Reuters Ilya Yashin, a Russian opposition activist freed from jail in Thursday’s prisoner swap, pledged to carry on his political fight against President Vladimir Putin from abroad, but expressed fury at having been deported against his will. The prisoner swap, the largest since the Cold War, saw eight Russians, including a convicted murderer, […]
Americans freed alongside Russian assassin in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

Updated: 2:25pm (AEST) Moscow, Russia/Ankara, Turkey Reuters Russia freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War. The White House said the US had negotiated the trade with Russia, Germany and three other countries. The […]
Landmark prisoner exchange: Years of US negotiations behind the Russia prisoner swap

TREVOR HUNNICUTT, of Reuters, looks at how the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War came about…
Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland
Moscow, Russia Reuters President Vladimir Putin gave Russian nationals freed in an historic prisoner exchange with the West a hero’s welcome on Thursday as they stepped off a plane in Moscow, promising them state awards and a conversation about their futures. Eight people were returned to Russia as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange […]
Germany says releasing Russian assassin was “no easy decision”

Berlin, Germany Reuters The German Government said it had not taken lightly the decision to release Vadim Krasikov, a Russian convicted of the murder of a former Chechen militant in Berlin in 2019, as part of a major prisoner swap between Moscow and the West on Thursday. Krasikov was among the Russians released by the […]
Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap, says ally

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was “killed” because he was close to being freed in a prisoner swap and President Vladimir Putin could not tolerate the thought of him being released, a close ally alleged on Monday. Navalny, 47, died at an Arctic penal colony on 16th February. The Kremlin, which casts […]