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Russia releases US journalist Evan Gershkovich in major prisoner swap with west – live

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Former US marine Paul Whelan and the Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin also among those freedAs part of the deal, according to the Turkish presidency, Belarus has released German citizen Rico Krieger.Krieger was sentenced to death but granted a pardon this week by the country’s autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/aug/01/russia-prison-swap-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-wsj-vadim-krasikov-live

Author : Lili Bayer

Publish date : 2024-08-01 15:49:44

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