The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, according to officials in Turkey.


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-08-01 09:29:13">August 1, 2024 at 9:29 a.m.</time>

The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate sec…{ai:summary}<p>In a high-stakes game of chess, the U.S. and Russia orchestrated a monumental prisoner swap, trading Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and corporate security chief Paul Whelan for two dozen lives held in the balance. Turkey played the role of the unexpected arbiter.  </p><p>All bets are off in this tangled web of diplomacy, where the past and present collide in a fragile exchange meant to ease tensions. #foreignaffairs</p>

US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

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