U.S. and Russia have agreed to swap prisoners in an extraordinary multipart deal, according to a senior Biden administration official

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Politics • 2 months ago

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U.S. and Russia have agreed to swap prisoners in an extraordinary multipart deal, according to a senior Biden administration official

tardigrada ( @tardigrada@beehaw.org )

Politics • 2 months ago

Russia agrees to free Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in multi-country prisoner swap

The exchange was happening Thursday.

The swap will allow the two wrongfully detained American citizens held by Moscow, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, to return home.

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He probably would have given up on Ukraine to get them released.

Art of the Deal. /s

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