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A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to six-and-a-half years in prison. (Alexander Nemenov / AFP - Getty Images)
[7] [8] Under the terms of the agreement, the eight Russian nationals and two minors were transferred to Russia, while thirteen of the prisoners held by Russia and Belarus were released to Germany and three to the U.S. [9] Both the U.S. and Russia hailed the prisoner swap as a significant diplomatic victory. [10] [7]
An American school teacher held in Russia for over three years has been released, the White House said Tuesday. Marc Fogel, who was arrested for having medical marijuana in 2021, is expected to be ...
Here is a list of all 24 people released in the historic U.S.-Russia ... prison for nearly a year, the first American journalist ... a part of the Russian “illegals” system in which spy ...
The agreement saw Russia release several high-profile political prisoners, including Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British-Russian dissident and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who holds an American ...
The possible release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges in 2018, was also part of negotiations. Russia refused to release Whelan along with Griner as part of the prison exchange; U.S. President Joe Biden said that Russia was treating Whelan's case differently "for totally illegitimate reasons". [2]
On Tuesday, school teacher Marc Fogel became the latest American citizen held prisoner by Russia to be returned to U.S. soil. The 66-year-old, from Pittsburgh has been imprisoned for the last ...
Marc Fogel, an American who had been detained in Russia since 2021, landed in the U.S. on Tuesday after his release from Russia following talks with the Trump administration.