A sweeping prisoner swap involving seven countries freed the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other Americans who were being held in Russia, alongside several Russian opposition figures. This exchange is noted as the most extensive one between Russia and the West in decades.
Western governments released eight individuals, including Vadim Krasikov, sentenced to life in prison in Germany for assassinating a Chechen former fighter in Berlin. Russia reciprocated by releasing 16 prisoners, notably human rights activists and opposition leaders.
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