But, experts said, the numbers obscure the true power dynamic at play: Russia regained dangerous operatives in exchange for relatively everyday figures caught up in events.
The prisoners that Putin wanted back were hitmen, intelligence officers, money launderers, and lots of people who were serving the direct interest of the Kremlin... the prisoners that President Joe Biden wanted back were mostly journalists or people arrested on comparatively flimsy and much less serious charges.
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