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 ...
Return to Live Coverage US-Russia prisoner swap underway 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. ...
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 ...
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) ...
The threereturned to the United Stateslate Thursday night as part of a 24-person prisoner swap — one of the largest since the end of the Cold War — among the U.S., Russia, Germany and three other Western countries. The deal is a significant and hard-fought win for the Biden administ...
Alexander Vinnik, operator of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, was returned to Russia as part of a prisoner swap with the US. Vinnik arrived in Moscow aboard a Mitsubishi Challenger jet from Istanbul, Turkey, landing at Vnukovo International Airport late on Feb. 13,accordingto ...
At least two Russian nationals serving prison sentences for cybercrime offenses, Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev, were released as part of the landmark prisoner swap.
Germany, alongside the UK and US, are among the biggest financial backers of Ukraine. Analysis: The sign from US-Russia talks that Moscow is in the driving seat ByIvor Bennett, Moscow correspondent The latest US-Russia prisoner swap is a further sign of the ...
The historic prisoner swap, which also included former US Marine Paul Whelan andRFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, was the result of years of complicated behind-the-scenes negotiations involving the US, Russia, Belarus and Germany. A total of eight people, including co...
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