Four Americans and 12 Germans were released from Russia on Thursday in a complex prisoner swap involving seven countries, according to U.S. officials. Ankara helped in the exchange. The Americans included three journalists: Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza, according to U.S. officials. Paul Whelan, a former Marine, was also released. One of the freed Germans was Rico Krieger, who had been sentenced to death in Belarus. In exchange, Moscow received eight Russians who had been imprisoned in five different countries. Read the latest
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