Russia's Largest POW Swap Since Cold War

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Russia acknowledges Kremlin operatives were among citizens freed in prisoner swap

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Kremlin acknowledges for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services.

Families of freed dissidents express their joy at the surprise release of loved ones.

Among the eight returning to Moscow was a Russian assassin who was serving a life sentence in Germany for the killing of a former Chechen fighter in a Berlin park.

Pivovarov was arrested in 2021 and sentenced to four years in prison.

Artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko disappeared Monday night from a detention center in St. Petersburg , her partner says.

Usmanova says she had not known she was part of a swap until it was well underway.

Orlov, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize -winning human rights group Memorial , called his wife Friday .

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