2024.08.02 10:53 GMT+8

26 exchanged in major prisoner swap involving Russia, U.S., others

Updated 2024.08.02 10:53 GMT+8
CGTN

Twenty-six people from prisons in seven different countries, including the United States and Russia, were exchanged in a major prisoner swap in Ankara on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said. Those being swapped included Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who had been imprisoned in Russia. CGTN correspondents Nathan King and Dasha Chernyshova have the latest from Washington and Moscow.

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