Russia-US prisoner swap explained The US and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday in a multinational deal that set 24 people free. Sky's Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett explains. Friday 2 August 2024 21:40, UK Russia USA ...
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan after their release from Russia in a prisoner swap on Aug. 1, 2024. U.S. Government Photo Among the prisoner releases in recent years, Whelan was the first to be detained in Russia in 2018. He was convicted on espionage charges, that ...
Biden said, noting all four have been imprisoned "unjustly" in Russia. "And now, their brutal ordeal is over, and they're free," he added. The massive prisoner swap involves 24 prisoners being held in six countries, according to senior administration officials, who described it as the ...
Prisoner swap with Russia sees Americans return homeEvan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan were part of a deal which saw 24 people released in the biggest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War.Friday 2 August 2024 06:46, UK Evan Gershkovich Joe Biden ...
At the time, the US had been trying to secure the release of Whelan – who had been arrested in Russia four years earlier on espionage charges – but were always unsuccessful because there was nobody in US custody the Russians believed was worthy of a swap. Now,...
is considering a swap deal involving 10 suspected deep-cover Russian agents arrested in June 2010 in exchange of American prisoners detained in Moscow, which, if successful, will be the first such a deal after the Cold War.WhiteGregory
Russia agreed to free several Americans, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, in a multi-country prisoner swap. ABC News' Chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce reports. August 1, 2024 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams ...
Russia Takes Prisoner Swap Proposals With U.S. Seriously - Kremlin More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends an annual end-of-year news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, Russia, December 23, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina (Reuters) -...
Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on U.S. soil late Thursday. A plane carrying Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkov...
Washington — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on U.S. soil late Thursday. A plane carrying Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gers...