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The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

A prisoner swap organized by the Biden administration got the release of three Americans and one U.S. green card holder Thursday from Russia.

When Washington and Moscow exchange prisoners, it usually comes after months of secret, back-channel negotiations

The United States and Russia have completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter sentenced to 16 years in Russia on disputed espionage charges, was released Thursday in a major multinational prisoner swap after spending more than a year behind bars. Originally from Russia, the journalist returned in 2017 to the country of his parents, Soviet Jews…

One prisoner has spent over 5½ years behind bars in Russia while other, higher-profile detainees were released ahead of him

The Oscar-winning documentary-maker was instrumental in the historic US-Russian prisoner swap, but she says, the one person missing from the deal was her friend Alexei Navalny. She talks about her last conversation with him, her new film about the Taliban and her next project in Ukraine

U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine, bolstering air defense capabilities in conflict with Russia. President Zelenskyy emphasizes the urgent need ...

Russian operative Vadim Krasikov, convicted of murder, released in a prisoner swap agreement, raising questions about international relations and justice s...

Former President Donald Trump had earlier claimed that he and not "anyone else" would be able to secure the release

Numerous foreigners and Russian political prisoners released as Germany frees hitman Vadim Krasikov as part of exchange