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Prisoners freed under major international exchange

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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

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Here are names of those freed under a major East-West prisoner exchange on Thursday, according to the White House.

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

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

A Russian government plane and private jets are seen from behind a fence on the tarmac at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Tunahan Turhan

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.

FILE PHOTO: Pilot Francis Gary Powers (R) speaks with U-2 designer Kelly Johnson in this 1966 U.S. Air Force handout photo. Powers was a USAF fighter pilot recruited by the CIA in 1956 to fly civilian U-2 missions deep into Russia. Powers and other USAF Reserve pilots resigned their commissions to become civilians. REUTERS/Lockheed/Handout/File Photo

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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