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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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Russia, Ukraine Swap 190 Prisoners of War
Russia said that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
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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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Russian Spy Couple Returns From Slovenia, Children Don't Recognise Putin
Their parents were posing as an Argentine couple in Slovenia and were later convicted of spying. The two children accompanied them to Moscow on Thursday from Turkey
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How Putin Might Gain Or Lose From Prisoner Swap With West
When eight Russian citizens including a convicted hitman touched down in Moscow on Thursday in a historic prisoner swap with the West, President Vladimir Putin greeted them like heroes.
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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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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Putin Meets Freed Russian Prisoners At Moscow Airport
President Vladimir Putin late on Thursday met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners' exchange deal, at Vnukovo Airport here.
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Russia, Ukraine Announce 1st Prisoner Exchange In Nearly 4 Months
Ukraine and Russia announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months on Friday, with 150 people freed after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
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75 Ukrainians Released From Russian Captivity In Recent Prisoner Exchange
Russia and Ukraine announced on Friday they had exchanged dozens of prisoners of war, in one of the only areas of dialogue between the warring countries.
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In First Comments On Alexei Navalny's Death, Putin Says Favoured His Prisoner Swap
Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.
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Alexei Navalny's Team Says Prisoner Swap Was Close Before His Death
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, Maria Pevchikh, a Navalny ally, said on Monday, repeating her allegation that President Vladimir Putin had him killed.
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Russian Jailed For 7 Years For Swapping Supermarket Price Tags With Anti-War Slogans
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for spreading "false information" about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine.
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Russian Commissioner Denies Talks On Large Prisoner Swap With Ukraine
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Monday that she did not talk to her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets in Turkey last week about a possible prisoner exchange.
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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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'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.
-
Russia, Ukraine Swap 190 Prisoners of War
Russia said that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.
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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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Russian Spy Couple Returns From Slovenia, Children Don't Recognise Putin
Their parents were posing as an Argentine couple in Slovenia and were later convicted of spying. The two children accompanied them to Moscow on Thursday from Turkey
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How Putin Might Gain Or Lose From Prisoner Swap With West
When eight Russian citizens including a convicted hitman touched down in Moscow on Thursday in a historic prisoner swap with the West, President Vladimir Putin greeted them like heroes.
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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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Who Is Vadim Krasikov, The Assassin Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin.
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Putin Meets Freed Russian Prisoners At Moscow Airport
President Vladimir Putin late on Thursday met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners' exchange deal, at Vnukovo Airport here.
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Russia, Ukraine Announce 1st Prisoner Exchange In Nearly 4 Months
Ukraine and Russia announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly four months on Friday, with 150 people freed after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
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75 Ukrainians Released From Russian Captivity In Recent Prisoner Exchange
Russia and Ukraine announced on Friday they had exchanged dozens of prisoners of war, in one of the only areas of dialogue between the warring countries.
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In First Comments On Alexei Navalny's Death, Putin Says Favoured His Prisoner Swap
Vladimir Putin said Russia would not be "intimidated" as he hailed an election victory that paves the way for the former spy to become the longest-serving Russian leader in more than 200 years.
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Alexei Navalny's Team Says Prisoner Swap Was Close Before His Death
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was close to being freed in a prisoner swap at the time of his death, Maria Pevchikh, a Navalny ally, said on Monday, repeating her allegation that President Vladimir Putin had him killed.
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Russian Jailed For 7 Years For Swapping Supermarket Price Tags With Anti-War Slogans
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced artist Alexandra Skochilenko to seven years in prison for spreading "false information" about the army after she swapped supermarket price tags with slogans criticising Russia's offensive in Ukraine.
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Russian Commissioner Denies Talks On Large Prisoner Swap With Ukraine
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Monday that she did not talk to her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets in Turkey last week about a possible prisoner exchange.
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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.
