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REVEALED: Konstantin yaroshenko | Rare Historical Photos

As a historic prisoner exchange unfolds, a look back at other famous East-West swaps

When Washington and Moscow exchange prisoners, it usually comes after months of secret, back-channel negotiations

The Independent UK

Wrongfully detained in Russia and injured fighting in Ukraine. Everything we know about Trevor Reed

Here’s everything you need to know about the former US Marine and why he was arrested

The Independent UK

Griner case latest in string of high-profile prisoner swaps

Delicate negotiations between the United States and Russia led to basketball star Brittney Griner’s return in exchange for notorious arms dealer once nicknamed “the Merchant of Death.”

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Griner-Bout prisoner swap: A sign of easing US-Russia tensions?

The high-profile exchange was a rare moment of agreement between two nations locked in conflict over Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Why getting Whelan freed from Russia is proving harder than Griner

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the family of Michigan's Paul Whelan was left "devastated" that Russia agreed to swap an American prisoner for the return of a Russian inmate, and that, again, that American wasn't Paul.

Tribune News Service

White House blasts Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing as a ‘sham’

President Joe Biden said U.S. efforts to secure the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner are ongoing but have not swayed the Kremlin, hours after a Russian court rejected her appeal of a nine-year drug smuggling sentence.

Tribune News Service

Russian court rejects appeal of jailed US basketball star Griner

A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by WNBA star Brittney Griner against her nine-year sentence for drug smuggling, Interfax reported.

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From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries have pulled off yet another notable exchange

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner lawyers welcome prospect of Russia prisoner swap

Arms trafficker Viktor Bout reportedly in line for exchange with the WNBA star facing drug charges

The Guardian - UK

From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries are in talks to off pull off yet another historic exchange

The Independent UK

Celtics add their voices to those asking for Griner's return

Brittney Griner hasn’t been forgotten at the NBA Finals

The Independent UK

Cherelle Griner wants U.S. to do more to secure release of wife Brittney Griner

The Phoenix Mercury center has been detained since Feb. 17 after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow.

Chicago Sun-Times

A prison cell, blood and 'zombies': Trevor Reed describes detention in Russia

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed described his experience in a Russian psychiatric facility in an interview broadcast on Friday, detailing squalid conditions amid severely mentally ill inmates.

Reuters

Russia extends Brittney Griner’s detention another month

Griner’s lawyer said he believed the relatively short extension of the detention indicated her case would come to trial soon. She has been in detention for nearly three months.

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EXPLAINER: WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention in Russia

As WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner approaches the three-month mark of her detention in Russia, she has no clear prospect of release

Axios

Trevor Reed prisoner exchange fuels new push for Biden to make trades for other hostages

Several families of U.S. hostages and wrongful detainees will rally at the White House on Wednesday.

The Guardian - US

Trevor Reed’s release puts spotlight on other Americans in Russian jail

For Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, the ex-marine’s release brings mixed emotions: it shows that deals are possible, but also the regret that they were excluded

The Independent UK

An Oval Office visit and a Moscow trip: Inside the Reed deal

A series of factors helped pave the way for Trevor Reed's release from a Russian prison this week as part of a prisoner exchange

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Trevor Reed: Ex-US Marine released in Russian prisoner swap ‘in good spirits’ as he arrives back in US

Texan was ‘cracking jokes’ on phone call with parents following exchange

Reuters

Russian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia

A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner swap said on Thursday he had been tortured in custody in Liberia before his extradition to America.

Reuters

Ex-Marine Reed returns to U.S. after Russia prisoner swap

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed arrived back in the United States on Thursday after being freed by Russia in a prisoner swap, with a congressman who met with him saying the 30-year-old Texan's "spirit is strong."

Reuters

Erdogan, Putin discuss swap of Russian, U.S. prisoners in Ankara -Turkish presidency

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the swap of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko and U.S. ex-Marine Trevor Reed in Ankara during a phone call on Thursday, the Turkish presidency said.

Evening Standard

Family’s joy as ex-US marine Trevor Reed released from Russian jail

The parents of a former US Marine freed from a Russian jail as part of a prisoner swap have told of their relief that he is coming home.

Tribune News Service

Family of Paul Whelan has questions after he is left out of prisoner swap: 'Hope dims'

WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan's Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia's release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated that the U.S. left their brother and son out of the prisoner swap.

The Independent UK

Trevor Reed and Konstantin Yaroshenko: Who’s who in high-stakes US-Russia prisoner swap

Both the US and Russia claimed their nationals were being unjustly imprisoned

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