In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, accused in Russia of spying for the US government, and German citizen Rico Krieger, pardoned after being sentenced to death in Belarus for working for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), are seen on board a plane before a flight to Ankara at an airport in Moscow, Russia. On August 1, Ankara hosted the Russian-US exchange of 26 individuals held in prisons in the United States, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia, and Belarus. Ten of the prisoners exchanged, including two minors, went to Russia, 13 to Germany, and three to the US. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.
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Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use
- Package: Russia US Prisoner Swap
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Federal Security Service
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1920x1080px, 869.5Kb
- Job-ID: e1c900b1283f177d