Historic prisoner swap frees Americans imprisoned in Russia | VOANews

Americans including Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and Evan Gershkovich are freed from Russian prisons in a prisoner swap with Russia. Jessica Jerreat reports with Liam Scott and Cristina Caicedo Smit. Patsy Widakuswara contributed. Cameras: Martin Bubenik, Krystof Maixner, Hoshang Fahim.


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Sadly this is a political voting ploy instead of being done years ago.

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October 2020, a deputy assistant to Trump helped broker a deal to free two Americans being held hostage by Iranian-backed militants in Yemen in exchange for the release of about 250 Houthi rebels being held in Oman.