A prisoner swap involving seven countries freed the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, two other Americans and several Russian opposition figures in a far-reaching exchange between Russia and the West. President Biden celebrated the deal, emphasizing the end of their brutal ordeal and their newfound freedom.
Western governments released eight individuals in exchange, including Vadim Krasikov, who was serving a life sentence in Germany for assassinating a Chechen former fighter in Berlin. The exchange, involving 24 prisoners from multiple countries, took place in Ankara, Turkey, with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris planning to greet the released Americans at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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