U.S., Germany Trade Convicted Assassin to Russia for Political Prisoners in Major Swap

The Washington Post
17:22 JST,
August 2, 2024
In the largest prisoner exchange since the height of the Cold War, officials of the United States, Russia, Germany and other countries met on an airfield in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday and swapped at least 24 people – capping months of painstaking diplomacy involving negotiations at the highes...
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