Russia frees Evan Gershkovich and others in biggest prisoner swap since cold war

Several foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of deal

Russia frees Evan Gershkovich in prisoner swap with west – live updates

The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been freed from Russian custody as part of a major exchange that also involved the freeing of several other foreign citizens held in Russia and numerous Russian political prisoners.

In the exchange, which took place at Ankara airport on Thursday afternoon, eight Russians held in the west returned to Russia. Among them was the Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov, who has been held in a German prison since 2019 for the murder of a Chechen exile in Berlin.

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