High-profile people held prisoner in Russia – including British citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza and US reporter Evan Gershkovich – have been freed as part of a massive prisoner swap.
In the biggest such exchange since the Cold War, a number of high-profile individuals have been freed.
They include Mr Kara-Murza, dual UK-Russian citizen, Wall Street Journal reporter Mr Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan.
Some two dozen people from countries including Russia, the US, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus have been moved.
Mr Kara-Murza, an opposition politician in Russia, was jailed for 25 years on charges after making public remarks which were critical of the Kremlin.
His arrest in April 2022, weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, came as authorities ratcheted up their crackdown on dissent to levels unseen since Soviet times.
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