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Justin Rohrlich

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Tucker carlson and tense talks how the landmark us russia prisoner swap unfolded - The Untold Story

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The first photo released after Russian authorities on Thursday freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former Marine Paul Whelan, and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva shows the three aboard a US government jet, doing something they likely hadn’t done much of in a while: smiling.

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