On 1 August 2024, the United States and Russia conducted the most extensive prisoner exchange since the end of the Cold War, involving the release of twenty-six people. The exchange was realized at th
The three American nationals released in the exchange are joined by government officials and staff on their return flight to the United States: Evan Gershkovich (bottom-left), Paul Whelan (second from right), and Alsu Kurmasheva (bottom-right)
Protest outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin demanding the release of Russia's political prisoners, February 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden and family members of the released Americans speaking with the prisoners by phone in the Oval Office, following the release of the Americans kept prisoner
Vadim Krasikov and others are received by a guard of honor at Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow.
Alsu Kurmasheva
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Alsu Khamidovna Kurmasheva is a Russian and American journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir Service. Kurmasheva was arrested in Kazan, Russia on October 18, 2023, and charged
Kurmasheva in 2024
