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President Biden should take a victory lap after negotiating “the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the Cold War,” said Alex Wagner in MSNBC.com . In exchange for eight Russian [...]

The mass prisoner exchange with the West last week was a “triumph of Russian diplomacy,” said Oleg Karpovich in Izvestia (Russia). Russia traded 16 people—including Americans like Wall Street Journal [...]

IN THIS ISSUE / This week’s big news Prisoners set free in deal On 1 August, the largest prisoner swap between Russia and the West in more than 30 years [...]

IN THIS ISSUE Russia and the West’s last prisoner swap Basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested at an airport on the outskirts of Moscow in 2022, just days before Russia [...]

The photo “says it all”, said Peter Greste on The Conversation: “Returning prisoners in an American plane, all grinning from ear to ear” – their joy and relief testament to [...]

Bloomberg News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs subtly called out editorial leadership after she was dismissed for allegedly breaking an embargo on the news of the recent Russian prisoner [...]

The United States and Russia participated in the (https://theweek.com/politics/us-prisoner-exchange-russia-evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan) largest prisoner swap since the collapse of the Soviet Union on Aug. 1. The multinational deal, which involved the U.S., Russia, [...]

Aleksandra Skochilenko, a Russian artist, was released in the huge prisoner swap last week. Skochilenko, unlike most captives, did not have foreign citizenship or a high profile. She told Business [...]

Bloomberg has disciplined multiple staffers after the outlet broke an embargo on the news of the prisoner swap that involved the United States and Russia, according to (https://x.com/katie_robertson/status/1820462434681081933) a New [...]

At a Georgia rally on Saturday, Donald Trump delivered a congratulations to Russian leader Vladimir Putin following the (https://www.thewrap.com/russia-frees-american-prisoners-evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan/) prisoner exchange between Russia, the United States and several other nations [...]

What happened At least two dozen people, including the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and four other Americans, were released from Russian custody on Thursday as part of a [...]

Byline: Just Earth News Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other American nationals, who were freed from Russia in a prisoner swap deal, have arrived in the USA. [...]

Byline: Just Earth News A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving the United States, Russia and five other countries. More than 20 [...]

Russia on Thursday freed Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and others in a huge prisoner swap. President Joe Biden hailed the deal as a 'feat of diplomacy' which eluded other presidents. [...]

Byline: Charlotte Klein How did Bloomberg beat The Wall Street Journal and the rest of the press corps on one of the most-watched stories in the world: the release of [...]

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kumasheva were freed in a prisoner swap. The trio were greeted by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at Joint Base Andrews. [...]

Several countries, including the US, carried out a major prisoner swap with Russia on Thursday. The US wanted Alexey Navalny, Putin's most vocal political dissident, to be part of the [...]

Russia freed more than a dozen prisoners on Thursday, including Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. New footage published by the FSB shows the moment they were flown to Turkey and [...]

Nothing going on today at the White House. Except for like Joe Biden (https://www.wonkette.com/p/biden-bringing-evan-gershkovich-home) bringing Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan back from Russia, and probably a bunch of other stuff [...]

In May, Trump said Putin would free journalist Evan Gershkovich 'for me, but not for anyone else.' Biden ended up negotiating Gershkovich's freedom in the largest prisoner swap since the [...]

Joe Biden helped orchestrate a historic prisoner swap with Russia. It's the largest such exchange since the Cold War. The swap, involving 16 prisoners, includes Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul [...]

There is speculation about a potential prisoner swap between the US and Russia. It comes as several prisoners have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days. The potential prisoner swap [...]