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"I'll Be Home Soon": Ukrainian Journalist To Mother After Release From Russian Captivity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Dmytro Khilyuk's release.
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Russia, Ukraine Each Free First 390 Prisoners In Start Of War's Biggest Swap
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
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Woman Jailed In Russia Over $51 Aid To Ukraine, Freed In Prisoner Swap
In return for her release, the US freed German-Russian national Arthur Petrov who was accused of illegally exporting microelectronics to Russia.
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Russia, US Swap Prisoners In Push For Closer Ties
The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
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Russia Says Arthur Petrov Freed By US In Prisoner Swap
Russia's FSB security service on Thursday said that Arthur Petrov, who was facing up to 20 years in a US jail for violating export controls, was released in exchange for ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina.
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6 Russian Convicts Escape Prison Through Secret Tunnel, Manhunt Launched
Russian authorities announced a manhunt on Saturday after six convicts tunnelled their way out a correctional facility.
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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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ISIS, Elite Snipers, 8 Kills: How Deadly Russian Prison Standoff Unfolded
Four jail staffers were killed after a group of prisoners staged a violent revolt at the high-security IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Russia's Volgograd region on Friday.
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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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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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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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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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2 Priests Among Prisoners Exchanged Between Ukraine, Russia
Ukraine and Russia said Saturday that priests were among the dozens of captured soldiers and civilians they had exchanged earlier this week.
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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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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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"I'll Be Home Soon": Ukrainian Journalist To Mother After Release From Russian Captivity
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Dmytro Khilyuk's release.
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Russia, Ukraine Each Free First 390 Prisoners In Start Of War's Biggest Swap
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
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Woman Jailed In Russia Over $51 Aid To Ukraine, Freed In Prisoner Swap
In return for her release, the US freed German-Russian national Arthur Petrov who was accused of illegally exporting microelectronics to Russia.
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Russia, US Swap Prisoners In Push For Closer Ties
The United States on Thursday exchanged a sanctions-busting suspect for a ballet dancer held by Russia, the second swap under President Donald Trump as Moscow and Washington push to rebuild ties.
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Russia Says Arthur Petrov Freed By US In Prisoner Swap
Russia's FSB security service on Thursday said that Arthur Petrov, who was facing up to 20 years in a US jail for violating export controls, was released in exchange for ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina.
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6 Russian Convicts Escape Prison Through Secret Tunnel, Manhunt Launched
Russian authorities announced a manhunt on Saturday after six convicts tunnelled their way out a correctional facility.
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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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ISIS, Elite Snipers, 8 Kills: How Deadly Russian Prison Standoff Unfolded
Four jail staffers were killed after a group of prisoners staged a violent revolt at the high-security IK-19 Surovikino penal colony in Russia's Volgograd region on Friday.
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Prisoners Take Hostages In Russian Jail, Second Incident Since June
Russian inmates on Friday took staff hostage at a prison colony in the southern Volgograd region, officials said, the second such incident in a Russian jail since June.
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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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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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High-profile Russian Political Prisoners Reported Disappeared
At least five Russian political prisoners have been moved from jails and prison colonies in recent days, in an apparently coordinated move that has raised speculation of a possible prisoner exchange.
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2 Priests Among Prisoners Exchanged Between Ukraine, Russia
Ukraine and Russia said Saturday that priests were among the dozens of captured soldiers and civilians they had exchanged earlier this week.
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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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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.
