Correspondent’s Comment|The prisoner exchange was a positive example of the fact that relations between Russia and the West work when necessary. There is still a long way to go to end the war in Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday invited a number of relatives of prisoners released from Russia to the White House, from where they made a joint call to the released.
Jenni Jeskanen HS
Moscow
Russian the release of political prisoners in exchange on Thursday was the best and most moving news in a long time.
St. Petersburg artist Aleksandra Skotshilenkoa Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmashevaan activist with the human rights organization Memorial Oleg Orlovopposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin and the US editor Evan Gerschkovich and ex-soldier Paul Wheelan were released from Russian prisons.
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