Factbox-Prisoners freed under major international exchange

Combination photo of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

A combination picture shows former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was detained and accused of espionage, as he speaks inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing to consider an appeal to extend his detention, in Moscow, Russia June 20, 2019, and "The Wall Street Journal" reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov and Evgenia Novozhenina

Source: REUTERS

Here are names of those freed under a major East-West prisoner exchange on Thursday.

Three U.S. citizens and one legal permanent resident are returning home from Russia:

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

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Twelve German nationals and Russian political prisoners will return to Germany:

Dieter Voronin, Kevin Lick, Rico Krieger, Patrick Schoebel, Herman Moyzhes, Ilya Yashin, Liliya Chanysheva, Kseniya Fadeyeva, Vadim Ostanin, Andrey Pivovarov, Oleg Orlov, Sasha Skochilenko.

Eight people are returning to Russia:

Vadim Krasikov (from Germany), Artem Viktorovich Dultsev(from Slovenia), Anna Valerevna Dultseva (from Slovenia), Mikhail Valeryevich Mikushin (from Norway), Pavel Alekseyevich Rubtsov (from Poland), Roman Seleznev (from the United States), Vladislav Klyushin (from the United States), Vadim Konoshchenock (from the United States).

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By Reuters