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- Freed Russian prisoners Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov and Vladimir Kara-Murza, from left, enter a press conference in Bonn, Germany, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, a day after they were released as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Dissidents freed in prisoner swap vow to keep up fight against Putin, recount details of release
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Fri,08/02/24-8:20AM , 576 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from a Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken there to be shot. Opposition activist Ilya Yashin said he was warned by a security operative that he would die in prison if he returned to Russia.
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- The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, releasing three Americans and one green card holder in the process. President Joe Biden is heralding it as a major diplomatic achievement.
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Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history
By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press
Thu,08/01/24-3:53PM , 297 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
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- It’s been three days since the presidential election in Venezuela, but things have not been solved. President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner, but opposition leaders have disputed his claim of victory saying that they have evidence of the contrary. (AP/Lucas Dumphreys)
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Masked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition leader's headquarters as post-election tensions mount
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, JOSHUA GOODMAN, GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA AND E. EDUARDO CASTILLO - Associated Press
Thu,08/01/24-1:37PM , 726 Reads
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolás Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election.
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- A cyclist passes over the Glienicke Bridge between Potsdam and Berlin, Germany, on May 6, 2009. They sometimes see those who are part of the swap as they pass each other on an airport tarmac or, as in the Cold War, the Glienicke Bridge connecting West Berlin to Potsdam. In decades of prisoner exchanges, those released have included spies, journalists, drug and arms dealers, and even a well-known athlete. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner, File)
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As a historic prisoner exchange unfolds, a look back at other famous East-West swaps
By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press
Thu,08/01/24-10:35AM , 672 Reads
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — After years of isolation behind the bars and high walls of U.S. penitentiaries and Russian penal colonies, the prisoners will find themselves suddenly free, an emotional moment culminating from long, back-channel negotiations between Washington and Moscow.
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