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How the Evan Gershkovich prisoner swap was agreed

FT.com Friday, 2 August 2024
The most complex east-west exchange in decades was almost scuppered by the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
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News video: Evan Gershkovich and others released in Russia-West prisoner swap

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US journalist Evan Gershkovich and a Russian intelligence colonel jailed for a Berlin murder were among two dozen prisoners freed in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.

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