Among those being released from Russia and returning tothe United States are: Lilia Chanysheva, a Russian opposition leader; Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal; Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine; Vladimir Kara-Muzra, a Russian journalist and one of Russia’s most courageous opposition figures, a political ally of Alexei Navalny; Alsu Kurmasheva, a Prague-based editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Those going to Germany include: Lilia Chanysheva, the head of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s regional office in Bashkortostan; Ksenia Fadeyeva, a Russian dissident who joined Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; Oleg Orlov, one of Russia’s oldest political prisoners, a dissident whose activism dates back to Soviet times, when he illegally printed and distributed pamphlets opposing the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan, and the co-chair of one of Russia’s storied human rights organizations, Memorial, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022; lya Yashin, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, who was close to Alexei Navalny and Boris Nemtsov; Kevin Lik, one of Russia’s youngest prisoners, accused of treason; Dieter Voronin, a political scientist with dual Russian-German citizenship, detained in 2021 by Russian security officers in connection to a treason case against journalist and former adviser to the head of the Russian space agency, Ivan Safronov; Patrick Schobel, a German national, arrested in St. Petersburg when customs officers found six gummy bears containing cannabis in his luggage; German Moyzhes, a Russian-German lawyer who was the managing partner of a consultancy that helped Russians obtain European residency permits; Vadim Ostanin, head of a local branch of Navalny's team in the Siberian city of Barnaul; Andrei Pivovarov, a St. Petersburg opposition figure and head of the defunct rights group Open Russia; Alexandra Skochilenko, a pacifist Russian artist and musician sentenced to seven years in prison by a St. Petersburg court in November 2023, for covering five supermarket price tags with stickers giving information about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
All were exchangedfor eight Russians convicted of crimes ranging from assassination to various espionage charges.
Such a joyous day for the families and the returning men and women. Unfortunately you are correct that this behavior will continue but at least these are free. j.D giving the orange one credits such a bunch of horse poop.
A GREAT day! Tsar Vladimir realized that he backed a bad horse. And the lives of his Air Force personnel are about to get interesting.(F-16S 👍) I'm happy for your gallant friend, Vladimir. Joe Biden is quite a guy!
Hip hip hooray! to the Biden-Harris Administration for the prisoner exchange today. I’m so very happy for the Americans who will be with their families soon. God bless all of you.
Remember, the Russian intelligence services never collapsed in the 90’s like the StaSi did. They were orphaned, poor things, but never were cleansed after the fall of the Soviet Union, not one bit. They remain fiercely opposed to our country. We treat Putin as though he were some rogue regime keeping Russia from freedom, but the KGB retained much of its strength, and is the great strangling monster that it always was. The damage to our country that MAGA represents delights the security organs, and they reach in to assist in harming America. This snake has plenty of venom.
The deal was done for the benefit of the imprisoned, not for any personal reward, something the orange traitor would never, could never do.
This was a good day.
Love "....the Biden-Harris administration is showing us the Art of the Deal in action."
This is so heartening!! Are the dissidents going to live in the US now?
From TCinLA Substack “That’s Another Fine Mess”:
Among those being released from Russia and returning tothe United States are: Lilia Chanysheva, a Russian opposition leader; Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal; Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine; Vladimir Kara-Muzra, a Russian journalist and one of Russia’s most courageous opposition figures, a political ally of Alexei Navalny; Alsu Kurmasheva, a Prague-based editor with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Those going to Germany include: Lilia Chanysheva, the head of opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s regional office in Bashkortostan; Ksenia Fadeyeva, a Russian dissident who joined Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; Oleg Orlov, one of Russia’s oldest political prisoners, a dissident whose activism dates back to Soviet times, when he illegally printed and distributed pamphlets opposing the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan, and the co-chair of one of Russia’s storied human rights organizations, Memorial, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022; lya Yashin, one of Russia’s most prominent opposition figures, who was close to Alexei Navalny and Boris Nemtsov; Kevin Lik, one of Russia’s youngest prisoners, accused of treason; Dieter Voronin, a political scientist with dual Russian-German citizenship, detained in 2021 by Russian security officers in connection to a treason case against journalist and former adviser to the head of the Russian space agency, Ivan Safronov; Patrick Schobel, a German national, arrested in St. Petersburg when customs officers found six gummy bears containing cannabis in his luggage; German Moyzhes, a Russian-German lawyer who was the managing partner of a consultancy that helped Russians obtain European residency permits; Vadim Ostanin, head of a local branch of Navalny's team in the Siberian city of Barnaul; Andrei Pivovarov, a St. Petersburg opposition figure and head of the defunct rights group Open Russia; Alexandra Skochilenko, a pacifist Russian artist and musician sentenced to seven years in prison by a St. Petersburg court in November 2023, for covering five supermarket price tags with stickers giving information about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
All were exchangedfor eight Russians convicted of crimes ranging from assassination to various espionage charges.
Thank you, Diane!!!
A day to celebrate!
Such a joyous day for the families and the returning men and women. Unfortunately you are correct that this behavior will continue but at least these are free. j.D giving the orange one credits such a bunch of horse poop.
A GREAT day! Tsar Vladimir realized that he backed a bad horse. And the lives of his Air Force personnel are about to get interesting.(F-16S 👍) I'm happy for your gallant friend, Vladimir. Joe Biden is quite a guy!
Hip hip hooray! to the Biden-Harris Administration for the prisoner exchange today. I’m so very happy for the Americans who will be with their families soon. God bless all of you.
Remember, the Russian intelligence services never collapsed in the 90’s like the StaSi did. They were orphaned, poor things, but never were cleansed after the fall of the Soviet Union, not one bit. They remain fiercely opposed to our country. We treat Putin as though he were some rogue regime keeping Russia from freedom, but the KGB retained much of its strength, and is the great strangling monster that it always was. The damage to our country that MAGA represents delights the security organs, and they reach in to assist in harming America. This snake has plenty of venom.
This is the only way I can share this
https://undergroundrailroadforprochoice.quora.com/Thank-you-Suzy-https-leftistviewpoints-quora-com-So-the-fix-is-in-That-s-why-Trump-and-the-GOP-are-not-worried-abou
https://undergroundrailroadforprochoice.quora.com/Thank-you-Suzy-https-leftistviewpoints-quora-com-So-the-fix-is-in-That-s-why-Trump-and-the-GOP-are-not-worried-abou?ch=15&oid=178312630&share=41a5bf93&srid=kQLrv&target_type=posthttps://undergroundrailroadforprochoice.quora.com/Thank-you-Suzy-https-leftistviewpoints-quora-com-So-the-fix-is-in-That-s-why-Trump-and-the-GOP-are-not-worried-abou?ch=15&oid=178312630&share=41a5bf93&srid=kQLrv&target_type=post
this is still so heartbreaking “Palestinian prisoners describe widespread abuse in Israel’s jails” by The Guardian today
Thought you should see this by ABC News
“Conway registers as lobbyist for Ukrainian billionaire with past ties to Trump”