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Related: About this forumSource: Prisoner swap underway between U.S., Russia and other countries - Morning Joe - MSNBC
A prisoner swap was underway between the United States, Russia, and other countries on Thursday, according to a senior Biden administration official. - Aired on 08/01/2024.
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Source: Prisoner swap underway between U.S., Russia and other countries - Morning Joe - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Aug 1
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I'm having so much fun on Fox News FB rubbing their own maga history in their faces
Habitation
Aug 1
#1
Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan released - Confirmed by NYT and WaPo per cellphone bulletins
Dennis Donovan
Aug 1
#2
Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish government says
LetMyPeopleVote
Aug 1
#3
Habitation
(5,676 posts)1. I'm having so much fun on Fox News FB rubbing their own maga history in their faces
I'm having so much fun on Fox News rubbing their own maga history in their faces that they conveniently have amnesia for:
https://www.facebook.com/100059396147148/posts/885397223450141/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Trump says he turned down a deal to release former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, whos been detained by Moscow since 2018.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3771158-trump-says-he-turned-down-deal-to-release-paul-whelan/
Dennis Donovan
(24,256 posts)2. Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan released - Confirmed by NYT and WaPo per cellphone bulletins
No links - paywalled.
Update: WSJ confirms Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan released!
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,721 posts)3. Evan Gershkovich, others to be freed in U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, Turkish government says
This was a very complex deal involving multiple countries. It took a world leader like President Biden to pull off this deal
Link to tweet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/russia-us-prisoner-swap/
In the largest prisoner exchange since the height of the Cold War, officials of the United States, Russia, Germany and other countries met on an airfield tarmac in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday and were swapping at least two dozen people, the Turkish presidency said capping months of painstaking diplomacy involving negotiations at the highest levels of multiple governments.
Those to be released included American journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who was accused of espionage without any known evidence, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine jailed for more than five years after an espionage conviction the United States called baseless, as well as several Russian dissidents who demanded freedom and democracy or criticized the war in Ukraine, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Opinions contributor.
The prisoners were released from the jails of seven countries: the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus, the Turkish presidential office said, adding that they were brought to Turkey by seven planes, two from the United States and one each from Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Russia.
Those to be released included American journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, who was accused of espionage without any known evidence, and Paul Whelan, a former Marine jailed for more than five years after an espionage conviction the United States called baseless, as well as several Russian dissidents who demanded freedom and democracy or criticized the war in Ukraine, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post Opinions contributor.
The prisoners were released from the jails of seven countries: the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia and Belarus, the Turkish presidential office said, adding that they were brought to Turkey by seven planes, two from the United States and one each from Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Russia.