In the exchange of prisoners between Russia, on the one hand, and the USA, Germany and a number of…

The exchange of prisoners between Russia, on the one hand, and the United States, Germany and a number of other Western countries, on the other hand, according to CBS, involves at least three American citizens:

The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich (sentenced on July 19, 2024 by the Sverdlovsk Regional Court to 16 years in prison for espionage);

former Marine Paul Whelan (sentenced on June 15, 2020 by the Moscow City Court to 16 years in prison for espionage)

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Radio Liberty journalist Alsou Kurmasheva (sentenced on July 22, 2024 by the Supreme Court of Tatarstan to 6.6 years in prison for “fakes” about the RF Armed Forces, has Russian and US citizenship).

Also preparing for exchange from Russia (according to Bloomberg):

politician and publicist Vladimir Kara-Murza (sentenced on April 17, 2023 by the Moscow City Court to 25 years in prison for treason, has Russian and British citizenship);

In addition, the day before the following disappeared from Russian colonies in an unknown direction:

politician Ilya Yashin (sentenced on December 9, 2022 by the Meshchansky Court of Moscow to 8.5 years in prison for “fakes” about the RF Armed Forces);

ex-deputy of the Tomsk City Duma, ex-coordinator of the regional headquarters of Alexei Navalny, Ksenia Fadeeva (sentenced on December 29, 2023 by the Sovetsky District Court of Tomsk to nine years in prison for organizing the activities of an extremist community);

ex-co-chairman of Memorial Oleg Orlov (sentenced on February 27, 2024 by the Golovinsky Court of Moscow to 2.5 years in prison for “fakes” about the RF Armed Forces);

ex-coordinator of Alexei Navalny’s headquarters in Ufa Liliya Chanysheva (sentenced on June 14, 2023 by the Kirov Court of Ufa to 7.5 years in prison for calling for extremism and organizing an extremist community);

artist Alexandra Skochilenko (sentenced on November 16, 2023 by the Vasileostrovsky Court of St. Petersburg to 7 years in prison for “fakes” about the RF Armed Forces).

In exchange, Russia is expected to receive ex-FSB special forces officer Vadim Krasikov, sentenced in Germany on December 15, 2021 to life imprisonment. He received a sentence for the murder of a Chechen field commander, Georgian citizen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin.

The exchange has not taken place at this time. This is expected to happen today.