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'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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Opinion | US-Russia Prisoner Swap: Trump's Promise, Delivered By Biden
The biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War with Russia would also help Biden leave office asserting his diplomatic prowess, that he is a man who had the skill to be able to bring together American allies and partners in tough times.
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Biden "Overwhelmed" As Prisoners Freed By Russia Are Reunited With Family
Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the biggest such swap since the Cold War, first spoke by phone to their loved ones, a White House video showed on Thursday.
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US Regrets Failure To Get Alexei Navalny Into Russia Swap Before His Death
Amid celebrations at getting a slew of US citizens and Kremlin opponents out of Russian prisons, the White House had one public regret Thursday: failure to get out an even bigger name -- Alexei Navalny.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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Kyiv Says 64 Ukrainians, US Citizen Released In Prisoner Swap With Russia
Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces.
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Russia Wanted To Swap Ex-US Marine For "Assasin" Arrested In Germany
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner was thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany.
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Wished US Basketball Star Good Luck At Prisoner Exchange, Says Russia's Arms Dealer
Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged last week.
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West Seeking To Destroy Russia: Arms Dealer After Release From US Jail
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was freed in a prisoner swap with US basketball star Brittney Griner, told Kremlin-run media today that Western countries are seeking to "destroy" and "divide" Russia.
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Ties With US Continue To Remain In Sad State: Russia After Prisoner Swap
Russia today said that its ties with the United States were still in "crisis" despite a prisoner swap involving US basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Russia State Media Commends Vladimir Putin Over Arms Dealer Release From US
Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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US Basketball Star Arrives Home After Prisoner Swap With Russia
American basketball star Brittney Griner was headed back to the United States on Thursday after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for an arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death."
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Who Is Viktor Bout, The Russian Arms Dealer Swapped For Brittney Griner
Russia got the jailed arms dealer back from the United States on Thursday after exchanging imprisoned US basketball star Brittney Griner for him at Abu Dhabi airport.
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Russia Releases US Basketball Star Brittney Griner In Prisoner Swap: Report
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is now in U.S. custody, a U.S. official said on Thursday. President Joe Biden and Vice
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'Like WWII Concentration Camp': Ex-US Marine's Experience In Russian Prison
Paul Whelan was taken and locked inside a cramped, nine-foot-square cell in Moscows Lefortovo Prison, known for holding political prisoners.
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Ex-US Marine Sentenced To 14 Years By Russia For Fighting For Ukraine
Russia on Wednesday convicted in absentia a former US Marine who fought for Ukraine after spending over two years in a Russian prison before being released in a swap.
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Opinion | US-Russia Prisoner Swap: Trump's Promise, Delivered By Biden
The biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War with Russia would also help Biden leave office asserting his diplomatic prowess, that he is a man who had the skill to be able to bring together American allies and partners in tough times.
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Biden "Overwhelmed" As Prisoners Freed By Russia Are Reunited With Family
Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the biggest such swap since the Cold War, first spoke by phone to their loved ones, a White House video showed on Thursday.
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US Regrets Failure To Get Alexei Navalny Into Russia Swap Before His Death
Amid celebrations at getting a slew of US citizens and Kremlin opponents out of Russian prisons, the White House had one public regret Thursday: failure to get out an even bigger name -- Alexei Navalny.
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Russia Frees Jailed US Reporter In Major Prisoner Swap With West, Says Turkey
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan are expected to be released by Russia as part of one of the biggest East-West prisoner swaps since the Cold War, according to US media Thursday.
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Kyiv Says 64 Ukrainians, US Citizen Released In Prisoner Swap With Russia
Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces.
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Russia Wanted To Swap Ex-US Marine For "Assasin" Arrested In Germany
US efforts to negotiate the freedom of a former Marine held in Russia as part of the swap involving basketball star Brittney Griner was thwarted by Moscow's demand for the release of a convicted murderer held in Germany.
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Wished US Basketball Star Good Luck At Prisoner Exchange, Says Russia's Arms Dealer
Viktor Bout, the arms dealer freed in a prisoner swap for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, said he wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi where they were exchanged last week.
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West Seeking To Destroy Russia: Arms Dealer After Release From US Jail
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was freed in a prisoner swap with US basketball star Brittney Griner, told Kremlin-run media today that Western countries are seeking to "destroy" and "divide" Russia.
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Ties With US Continue To Remain In Sad State: Russia After Prisoner Swap
Russia today said that its ties with the United States were still in "crisis" despite a prisoner swap involving US basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Russia State Media Commends Vladimir Putin Over Arms Dealer Release From US
Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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US Basketball Star Arrives Home After Prisoner Swap With Russia
American basketball star Brittney Griner was headed back to the United States on Thursday after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for an arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death."
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Who Is Viktor Bout, The Russian Arms Dealer Swapped For Brittney Griner
Russia got the jailed arms dealer back from the United States on Thursday after exchanging imprisoned US basketball star Brittney Griner for him at Abu Dhabi airport.
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Russia Releases US Basketball Star Brittney Griner In Prisoner Swap: Report
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is now in U.S. custody, a U.S. official said on Thursday. President Joe Biden and Vice
