Dissidents vow to continue fighting after historic prisoner swap
The Associated Press — August 3, 2024, 12:00 AM UTC
Summary: In a historic prisoner swap, 16 political prisoners, including Kremlin critics Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin, were released by Russia and Belarus. The exchange, the largest since the Cold War, involved the release of Americans, Germans, and Russian dissidents in return for eight Russians imprisoned in the West. The swap occurred amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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