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President Putin says more US-Russia prisoner exchanges are possible

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President Putin says more US-Russia prisoner exchanges are possible

President Putin says more US-Russia prisoner exchanges are possible

After WNBA star and two-time Olympian Brittney Griner returned home to the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin says more prisoner exchanges between his country and Washington are possible.


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