in prison. for treason or a former deputy of the krasnoselsky district of moscow against agent ilya yashinjournalist of the tatar-bashkir service of radio liberty agent convicted of fake news about the armed forces alsou kurmasheva, foreign agent oleg orlov, chairman of the board of memorial liquidated by the supreme court, foreign agent andrei pivovarov, ksenia fodeeva included in the list of extremists, as well as liliya chanysheva, hermann moizhes. sasha skochulenko, demury voronin, vadim ostanin. each of these names has criminal cases and corresponding biographies. we exchanged, according to the fsb's formulation, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of russia's security. we returned our people to their homeland. 10 of ours compatriots. this exchange is the largest in russian history since the cold war. total in lists. yes, we don’t abandon our own. thank you, anton podkovenko, and the prisoner exchange that took place today, as a result of which eight russians are returning to their homeland. so, once again, russia and the united states

certain political decision there, if ukraine wanted it for any reason, but vladimir koromurza, ilya yashin, they were on the list of these political prisoners who are sitting because of... the war, which was made there by the congress of people's deputies, there was such a letter, a list, a list of 300, yes, and this did not happen, and it's wrong, i tell you, i tell you thank you very much for your comment, ilya ponomarev, a former deputy of the state duma of russia, was on radio liberty, we talked about the exchange, a large-scale historical exchange that is happening right now in turkey, and according to the media, among these people whom russia gave as part of the exchange, also... russian opposition politicians, among them volodymyr karamurza, i want to dwell on him separately, he was arrested in april 22nd, initially accused of spreading fakes about the russian army, later treason was added, and the basis for this case for karamurza against karamurza was his speech , this arizona house of representatives, united states, march 15, '22, listen to what he said then. i am not only a poli

russian oppositionist ilya yashin, publicist volodymyr karamurza, as well as fsb officers, includingderer vadym krasikov. well, traditionally, of course, russia exchanges political prisoners, because among those i listed, most of them are political prisoners for those who work in the fsb or work in other special forces of the russian federation, there are killers, there are spies, there are people who... work for the russian state, what does this exchange mean? does this mean that the west is slowly starting to talk to russia, or is this conversation purely professional and only related to this particular case? it means that actually the american government has made an unprecedented effort, i think and i know, in the last two years to bring back really first and foremost the journalist. i myself know him and his colleagues and i know that for several years, but without results, they appealed to the kremlin, to putin, even personally, and the russian side always refused. moreover, they refused not just like that, but constantly inciting, raising the price and using the detention of a

years, a protege of murdered opposition politician boris nemtsov and it has been now confirmed ilya yashin has now been released, although he had said he didn't want to be part of a prisoner exchange and would prefer to stay in russia. we don't know the terms of this or exactly what has been agreed, but it looks like he's been forced into exile. ., ., �* ~ ., exile. there are, i don't know if ou exile. there are, i don't know if you have _ exile. there are, i don't know if you have any — exile. there are, i don't know if you have any more _ exile. there are, i don't know if you have any more detail- exile. there are, i don't know if you have any more detail on - exile. there are, i don't know if. you have any more detail on this, but we mentioned earlier there were reports that two miners were involved in the swap and we are just seeing former bbc colleague that the two miners reportedly returned to russia most likely the children of a russian couple convicted of spying in slovenia?— in slovenia? yes, that was my assumption- _ in slovenia? yes, that was my assumption. i— in slovenia? yes,

journalists evan gershkovich and former marine paul willan, convicted of espionage, and also on agents ilya yashin, convicted of fakes about the russian army, and vladimir karamurza, found guilty of treason. belarus handed over german rick krieger, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. as the fsb noted, these people acted in the interests of foreigners. they showed courage and perseverance, the embassy emphasized that moscow will continue to work to return to their homeland those who still remain. in washington, the exchange was called one of the largest complex in history, about how former prisoners met in the usa, reports our correspondent, alexey vasilovsky. the plane with us citizens pardoned by russia landed at endres air base near washington around midnight. president biden, the american media, for the biden administration, the return to america of paul willen, evan gershkovich and alsou kurmasheva is not just a historical deal, as it has already been dubbed here, incredible diplomatic success is also an election success, a trump card for kamala haris. in the fight against trump. vice pres

in fact, one of the three opposition activists released yesterday, ilya yashin, he said he objected toaid it wasn't actually an exchange of prisoners, he said it was deported from russia. he thought it was illegal. he produced a piece of paper saying he give it to the prison authorities with his objection, official objection to plans to exchange him, and he said what he wanted to do once he found himself at that airport in ankara was to buy a ticket and fly back to russia. this is coming from somebody who was sentenced to 8.5 years in jail in russia. thisjust shows how determined these people are to continue what they see as the job of their lives, which is campaigning for democracy in russia. fine their lives, which is campaigning for democracy in russia.- their lives, which is campaigning for democracy in russia. one of the thins ou for democracy in russia. one of the things you have _ for democracy in russia. one of the things you have also _ for democracy in russia. one of the things you have also been - for democracy in russia. one of the things you have also been doing - for democ

russia, in turn, gave politicians against agents ilya yashin and vladimir karamurza, as well as walleet journal journalist evan gershkovich and former marine paul will. the list also includes the german rika krieger, who was sentenced to death in belarus, but... in tehran they said goodbye to the deceased hamas leader ismail haniyeh. the funeral ceremony was attended by the country's leaders, thousands of people with palestinian iranian flags. haniyeh will be buried tomorrow in qatar. iran's foreign ministry called on all un countries to unite against israel, which together with the united states are responsible for the murder policy. ismail haniya, let me remind you, was killed the day before when his residence in tehran was hit. its result: great britain, the united states and france decided to block press statements proposed by russia condemning the murder of haniyeh. countries commented on the results of the meeting. unfortunately, the refusal of individual members of the security council to support the adoption of a statement assessing this political murder neutralizes the effor

persons involved in terrorism and extremism, vadim ostanin, ksenia fodeeva, alexandra skolchenko, ilya yashinrecognized as a foreign agent, andrei pivovarov and oleg orlov, also recognized as a foreign agent. among those pardoned is the american journalist evan grishkovich, in russia he was sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security colony. the americans found him guilty of espionage. gershkovich, on instructions from the cia, collected secret information about the activities of the ural carriage plant in the production and repair of military equipment. well, the kremlin also expressed gratitude to everyone countries that assisted in the exchange and , separately, the president of belarus for the pardon of german citizen krieger, sentenced to death. well, now to less. good news: in nizhny tagilei , rescuers have just pulled out another woman from under the rubble of a house destroyed after an explosion, right now the rescuers are holding a so-called minute of silence, the ministry of emergency situations employees are trying to reach the seven-year-old boy denis in order to get him out from

to take the basque from russia. who was convicted of drug smuggling, was also released on agents ilya yashinnvicted of fakes about the russian army, and vladimir karamurza, found guilty of treason. before his arrest, karamurza, who also received british citizenship, was a frequent guest at the us congress and demanded imposing sanctions against russia, was also friends with the senator, an ardent russophobe mccain and came to his funeral, then stood behind biden. thank god i have a chance to survive, and this. for the german rick krieger sentenced to death, he was pardoned personally by alexander lukashenko. krieger worked in the security service of the us embassy in berlin, after which he went to the ukrainian legion. a german, according to investigators, was recruited by the ukrainian special services and blew up a railway station last year. krieger together with the rest of the prisoners who were released by russia are pleased that, as the fsb noted, all these people in one way or another acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of our country. edmund shalbanov, irina lem

people like ilya yashin or oleg orlov, they were important leaders of the russian resistance and it isportant. in my opinion, this is the most important part of this swap. it was not only a swap between american citizens or german citizens and russian citizens. russian dissidents were added into this deal. this is very significant and important. i don't think putin wanted it. i don't think he wanted to include these people in the swap but as far as i know, germany insisted on that. these people were included and it is very important. >> when we talk about russian dissidents coming home, we should be clear that they are nocoming home, they are going into exile, leaving russia, leaving their family and friends behind. there is always this question about whether the russians abide by the terms of the agreement. we all are never what happened to -- it was exchanged in 2010 and came to settle here in the u.k. they came after him and try to kill him. -- tried to kill him. >> these risks are always with us. we understand them. everyone who makes any kind of russian political activities, espec

skochelenko, liliya chanysheva, ksenia fodeeva, foreigners oleg orlov and former capital municipal deputy ilya yashinlling lies about the russian army, and foreigner vladimir karamurza of treason. before his arrest , karamurza was a frequent guest on the capitalist hill and demanded sanctions against his own country, russia. already there he was recruited by the ukrainian special services for terrorist attacks, came to belarus, took the bomb from the cache and took it to the station. then they write: put your backpack on the railway, next to the rails at the platform. miraculously, during the explosion no one suffered, krieger was detained and, in accordance with belarusian laws, sentenced to capital punishment. krieger asked the german government for help, and lukashenko pardoned him. the terrorist could not hold back his tears when he found out about this. the head of state, by his decree, you have been pardoned. thank you. many of those who were extradited by russia today were detained with a sleeping bag. investigators proved their guilt with collected evidence, including studying correspondence,

former deputy of the krasnosilsky district of moscow, foreign agent ilya yashin.he list? a journalist of the tatar-bashkir service convicted of telling lies about the armed forces against radio liberty agent alsu kurmashov, foreign agent oleg arlov, chairman of the board of memorial, liquidated by the supreme court. foreign agent andrei pivovarov, included in the list of extremists, ksenia fodeeva, as well as liliya chanysheva, hermann moizhes, sasha skochelenko, dimury voronin, vadim ostanin. we exchanged, according to the wording of the fsb, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of the security of russia. we returned 10 of our compatriots to their homeland. this exchange is the largest in the history of our country since the cold war. total. there were 26 people on the lists, now the news is marked urgent, we are talking about the collapse of a house in nizhny tagil, so 25 apartments, the owners of which are 36 people, are now destroyed or damaged as a result of the collapse of part of the house. except moreover, th

former deputy of the krasnoselsky district of moscow, foreign agent ilya yashin.on the list? a journalist of the tatar-bashkir service convicted of fakes about the armed forces for radio liberty agent alsu kurmasheva, foreign agent oleg orlov, chairman of the board of memorial liquidated by the supreme court, foreign agent andrei pevovarov, ksenia fodeeva included in the list of extremists, as well as liliya chanysheva, hermann moizhes, sasha . skochelenko, dimury voronin, vadim ostanin. behind each of these names are criminal cases and corresponding biographies. we exchanged, according to the fsb's formulation, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of russia's security. we returned our 10 compatriots to their homeland. this exchange is the largest in the history of our country since the cold war. in total, 26 people were on the lists. figure skater vladislav tarasenko, starting in the fall of twenty-two, has been performing combat missions here in the zaporozhye direction. we're all the same here we do the same work,

skochelenko, liliya chanysheva, ksenia fodeeva, foreigners oleg orlov and former capital municipal deputy ilya yashinvestigation, he worked for the german intelligence services for the sake of a future career in berlin; another german was literally saved from death as part of the exchange. rick krieger was sentenced to death in belarus . he worked in the security service of the us embassy in berlin, where, as belarusian investigators are sure, he acquired skills in handling military weapons and from there went to the foreign legion in ukraine. already there he was recruited by the ukrainian special services for terrorist attacks, came to belarus, took a bomb from a cache and took it to the station. then they write: place your backpack on the railroad next to the rails at the platform. miraculously, no one was injured during the explosion, krieger was detained and, in accordance with belarusian laws sentenced him to capital punishment. krieger. asked the german government for help, lukashenko pardoned him, the terrorist could not hold back his tears when he learned about this, by the decision of the h

vladimir karamurza and ilya yashin said they considered the russian leader a war criminal.ge, which saw 24 people jailed in seven different countries exchanged. let's speak to our correspondent sarah rainsford, who has been speaking with both of the men in germany. yes, that's right. a bittersweet moment for two of the released political prisoners that i have been speaking to here in bonn, which is where they were brought after the exchange. forsome where they were brought after the exchange. for some time the focus has won the american hostages who were released, political detainees in russia returning to america, but now the focus has firmly turned towards the russian dissidents who were released as part of this massive exchange. there was a very emotional encounter with the press last night here in bonn. the three men who came out to speak to us, they have spent, in the case of two of them, they have spent two years in prison, purely because of their political opposition to vladimir putin. listening to vladimir yesterday, one of the things he told me very clearly was tha

in prison for high treason, former deputy of the krasnosilsky district of moscow, foreign agent ilya yashinlse is on the list? alsu kurmashova, a journalist of the tatar-bashkir foreign agent service of radio liberty, convicted of fake news about the armed forces , foreign agent oleg arlov, chairman of the board of memorial , liquidated by the supreme court, foreign agent andrei pilovarov, ksenia fodeeva, included in the list of extremists, as well as liliya chanysheva. hermann moizhes, sasha skochelenko, dimury voronin, vadim ostanin. we exchanged, according to the fsb's formulation, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of russia's security. we returned our 10 compatriots to their homeland. this exchange is the largest in the history of our country since the cold war. in total, 26 people were on the lists. joe biden cheered. exchange of prisoners between moscow and washington and added that the united states will continue to work to return home the remaining americans detained abroad. our own correspondent in the states, dmitry melnikov, will

in prison for high treason. former deputy of the krasnoselsky district of moscow, foreign agent ilya yashin on the list, convicted of fakes about the armed forces, journalist of the tatar-bashkir service of radio liberty agent alsu kurmashova, foreign agent oleg orlov, chairman of the board of memorial liquidated by the supreme court, foreign agent andrei pevovarov, included on the list of extremists is ksenia fodeeva, as well as liliya chanysheva, hermann moizhes, sasha skochelenko, dimury voronin, vadim ostanin, for each. of these names are criminal cases and corresponding biographies. we exchanged, according to the wording of the fsb, a group of individuals who acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of the security of russia. we returned 10 of our compatriots to their homeland. this exchange is the largest in the history of our country since the cold war. in total , 26 people were on the lists. so, based on the results of the exchange, russia is completely. satisfied, that's in that case, when the west fulfilled all its obligations, the returning russians in the west w

in prison for high treason, former deputy of the krasnoselsky district of moscow, foreign agent ilya yashine is on the list? alsou kurmasheva, a journalist of the tatar-bashkir foreign agent service of radio liberty, convicted of fakes about the armed forces, foreign agent oleg arlov, chairman of the board of memorial liquidated by the supreme court, foreign agent andrei pivovarov, included in the list of extremists, ksenia fodeeva, as well as liliya chanysheva, hermann moizhes, sasha skochelenko, demury voronin, vadim astanin. we exchanged according to the wording of the fsb, a group of persons acting in the interests of. diplomats will make every effort to release citizens who remain in american prisons, the russian embassy in the united states announced this; the mission noted that work is already underway to return them to their homeland. dozens of russians remain, they look with hope at their homeland, and the main task of the department’s employees is the well-being of their compatriots who were imprisoned for the hunts of american intelligence services around the world. the prisoner

vladimir kara—murza shared this image of himself, along with ilya yashin and andrei pivovarov, sayinga news conference in bonn shortly. the russian prisoners released by the west include convicted hit man vadim krasikov — an agent and hit man who shot dead a kremlin opponent in berlin five years ago. also.. a family of russian sleeper agents who were pretending to be argentines — they were so deep under cover their children only found out they were russian after the flight to moscow took off. at an airbase outside washington, presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris greeted the returned americans — the two us journalists, evan gershkovich and alsu kurmasheva, and former marine paul whelan. president biden said he was grateful for the diplomatic co—operation that led to the swap. on the tarmac, gershkovich spoke about the political prisoners who are still in russian jails. there's one thing i'd like to say. it was great to get on that bus and see a lot of... you know, notjust americans and germans but russian political prisoners. ijust spent a month in prison where there is

war and bombing in the future, why do you throw in more chekists now, if you have karamurza and ilya yashinere there is another very important point, it is about what is already being said in germany, you see, we can negotiate, and we can negotiate with russia, that is, to that camp, to that camp of the southern countries, to china, brazil, everyone others, who offer their peace plans to the same orbán, can now join germany, which showed a lot of support for ukraine and said that no, there is no negotiation, now they say, oh, you can talk with them, this is a double strike, a double blow by putin, and in this case it is definitely a victory, we are talking about it now in a few minutes we will ask the head of the political and legal program of the ukrainian center for social development ihor reiterovych, but he can give us a clear answer to such difficult questions. there are discounts until independence day on bionorm detox 10% in psarynyk, bam and ochadnyk pharmacies, there are discounts until independence day on gelta cream dolgit up to 30% in pharmacies psyllium bam and oskad. tired of

foreign agents convicted of a crime in russia, journalist vladimir karamurza, opposition politician ilya yashinsons, were pardoned by president vladimir putin by his decrees. the decision to sign the documents was made with the aim of returning russian citizens detained in imprisonment on the territory of foreign states. the number of crimes committed in public places in the capital has decreased by more than a quarter. moscow police officers during an extended meeting of the board of the main department. russia in moscow summed up the results of the department’s work for the first half of 2024. the event was attended by the head of the capital’s central administration oleg baranov, his deputies and heads of structural divisions. here are just a few indicators. mentioned, the number of murders in moscow has decreased by more than by less than 5%, there were 20% fewer robberies, and the number of vehicle crashes decreased by a third. at the end of the meeting, oleg baranov outlined the main tasks for the personnel, and also presented state and departmental awards to a number of employees. rescue

significant russian oppositionists who served very serious sentences, these are volodymyr karamurza, and ilya yashin andriy pivovarov, then these are such figures of a serious... serious russian political position, here in my opinion and according to mine, according to my information, why did such an unprecedented truly exchange of prisoners, illegally detained on the territory of russia and prisoners and brought to criminal proceedings on the territories of other countries, the usa, germany, poland, you correctly called norway, even slovenia. mr. valentin, but one more russian oppositionist who is in... in ukraine since 2016, ilya panomaryov, who is a citizen of the ukrainian state, tonight russian drones attacked his residence in the kyiv region, before that he wrote that on the night of july 31, three had already arrived drones and shot down somewhere near his house, with the house he wrote on social networks about what happened to him, that today is his second birthday... the fifth attempted attack was the most non-standard and successful, against which it was difficult to defend. to what extent

they also let ilya yashin, who was convicted of fakes about the russian army and vladimir, go after thegents karamurza, found guilty of treason. before his arrest, karamurza, who also received british citizenship, was a frequent guest at the us congress and demanded the introduction of sanctions against russia. he was also friends with the ardent russophobe senator macain and came to his funeral, then stood behind biden. thank god i have a chance to survive. and these are the tears of the german rick krieger, sentenced to death, who was personally pardoned. one of the largest complexes in history. our correspondent, alexey, reports on how former prisoners were greeted in the usa veselovsky. a plane carrying us citizens pardoned by russia landed at andrews air force base near washington around midnight. president biden, to whom the american media attributes a key role in organizing the exchange, together with vice president kamela harris, personally came to meet the liberated people at the airfield, despite the late hour. for the biden administration, the return to america of paul willan

also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin.n anti—war artist, sasha skochilenko. swapped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich�*s boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal, an assassin, but, you know, we wanted our man back. paul whelan wanted his freedom, you know, understandably. so i think it puts governments in an impossible position. flanked by relatives of the freed americans, at the white house, president biden gave his reaction. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world, but it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy, human rights, their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well

one of those released, ilya yashin — who'd been jailed for denouncing russia's war in ukraine — also hostages." meanwhile, the kremlin has been giving more details about the russians who returned to moscow, as part of the huge prisoner swap, admitting that vadim krasikov — convicted of killing a former chechen rebel in berlin — was an fsb agent who served in its special forces unit. let's take a listen to some of what the russian british activist let's speak to danielle gilbert, assitant professor of politics at north western university, and a hostage expert. she also works in a bipartisan commission focusing exactly on these sorts of hostage exchanges. professor gilbert, it's good to have you now. this is such a joyous and important moment for the families, and for the country — could you just put into perspective the sheer amount of work that goes into a moment like this? i amount of work that goes into a moment like this?— moment like this? i share with you that excitement _ moment like this? i share with you that excitement for _ moment like this? i share with you that excitement

now, ilya yashin, who got eight and a half years, he was a district counsellor, the head of a districtgainst vladimir putin. he was jailed on charges of spreading false information about russian armed forces after a lifestream in youtube —— on youtube in which he talked about well—documented killings of civilians in the ukrainian town of bucha. that in the eyes of the russian law counts as cost information, and he was sent to jail for eight and a half years. —— false information. the third, andrei pivovarov, in charge of leading a pro—democracy group. he paid the price. hear of leading a pro-democracy group. he paid the price-— paid the price. near some of the fiercest critics, _ paid the price. near some of the fiercest critics, but _ paid the price. near some of the fiercest critics, but the - paid the price. near some of the fiercest critics, but the most - fiercest critics, but the most prominent critic, alexei navalny, is sadly dead. he died in prison. we gather he could have been part of this prisoner swap if he had managed to stay alive where he was imprisoned. you might have be

also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin.ar artist, sasha skochilenko. swapped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich�*s boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal, an assassin, but, you know, we wanted our man back. paul whelan wanted his freedom, you know, understandably. so i think it puts governments in an impossible position. flanked by relatives of the freed americans, at the white house, president biden gave his reaction. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world, but it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy, human rights, their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well. americ

vladimir kara—murza and ilya yashin said they considered him a war criminal.ich saw 24 people jailed in seven different countries exchanged. our reporter olga malchevska reports on the reaction in russia to the prisoner swap and what russian media has been saying. we can see that the russian president has read it personally those people who arrived and look at that woman here. we can show more later on. we can see about here in this newspaper, the russian newspaper and what they are saying is it is living in a slipping and according to western media the newspapers as they were accused of being spies. one of them was spot together with her child and it is also interesting russian media are saying that the children of those swapped also did not know that there were russian and vladimir putin greeted them in spanish. here are the passports of these two which was secured in the russian media as well, another paper called insider and their published that screenshot of the passports of herself and her partner. saying that they were accused of being spies. what we're

these are russian dissidents who have been released, billy ilya yashin, vladimir kara—murza, and otherslook back at the massive thunderstorms that developed during thursday across central england. these huge storms brought 35mm of rain to fairford in gloucestershire, in the space ofjust one hour. the result of downpours that intense and some of the heaviest i've seen all year, was some severe flooding in parts of guildford. we also had reports of flooding elsewhere in surrey, hampshire and oxfordshire as well. now, looking at the weather picture overnight tonight, we've got a weak weather front that's pushing its way eastwards across england and wales. with that there will be a bit of rain, but it'll turn increasingly light and patchy. maybe a few mist and fog patches around. fresherair, meanwhile, gets into scotland and northern ireland as the rain moves out of the way and clearer skies follow, so more comfortable conditions for the northwest of the uk. still quite humid in the east. that's where we start off the story on saturday, still with cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain for east

what they declare, there pivovarov, yashin and karamurza, well, that's it pivovarov and yashin, ilya yashinwere exchanged there for putin's murderers and rapists, well, criminals, in a word, gave an interview to the reuters publication and they talked about... that it's not putin, you are putin who is to blame for the war, sanctions against ordinary russians should either be lifted or glorified, because they are innocent, it is not ordinary people who want this war and in general, let's review all this somehow, explain why these people say this in russia, is it really putin's narrative, or are they so simple they are afraid that putin will get them there as well they have to do what has to be done, are they sincere... in that, no, please, it's not a conviction at all, it's part of the contract, that is, they were released from prison, on bond, well, start their stay with certain narratives, i.e. now, why putin released them, because putin has such a sad picture, there is pressure from all sides and he would like to freeze some for a certain moment. war, and he even goes to such exchanges, b

journalist and oppositionist ilya yashin , commenting on the russian rain, said that it is necessarythe negotiating table, because the situation has reached, i quote, a bloody impasse. let's listen to their statements. do not associate. it is not necessary to associate the people of russia with the policy it leads, that there are many citizens of our country who may not be visible, but they think differently, they are not agree, yes, there is fear, because not everyone is ready to end up where we ended up, and here it seems to me extremely important that we have the opportunity now to turn to the western community, so that this picture of the world, which is painted to us by propaganda, which is poured daily on me that we are in a besieged fortress and surrounded by the enemy. it began to fall apart, i would like to use this opportunity now to appeal to the world community, to the western countries, so that they return to the people of russia, to the people, not to the authorities, and extend a hand, this maybe it's the little things, maybe easing the pressure on the people, the peop

also, prominent kremlin critics, including vladimir kara—murza, oleg orlov and ilya yashin.ped, among others, for this man — convicted assassin vadim krasikov, identified by german officials as a russian agent. to set up a prisoner swap... evan gershkovich's boss says she is overjoyed to see her reporter free, but... it feels all wrong to be trading people who are entirely innocent for, you know, a convicted criminal, an assassin, but, you know, we wanted our man back. paul whelan wanted his freedom, you know, understandably. so i think it puts governments in an impossible position. flanked by relatives of the freed americans, at the white house, president biden gave his reaction. it says a lot about the united states that we work relentlessly to free americans who are unjustly held around the world, but it also says a lot about us that this deal includes the release of russian political prisoners. they stood up for democracy, human rights, their own leaders threw them in prison. the united states helped secure their release as well. america accuses moscow ofjailing us citiz

as part of this exchange, russia released political prisoners and opposition politicians, ilya yashindymyr karmurza, political activists, associates of the deceased russian oppositionist, i'm sorry, oleksiy navalny, lilia chan. ksenia fadeev, vadym ostanin, and as us presidential adviser jake sullivan reported, navalny himself was also supposed to be part of the agreement on the exchange of prisoners between the us and russia. instead , as part of this exchange, russia returned russian spies, hackers, fraudsters, as well as a convicted murderer of the fsb officer, vadym krasikov, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of a chechen field commander in germany. putin, as the wall street journal writes, before his release from 2021, putin personally met him and other released persons late at night at the airport vnukov and announced that the released russians will be presented for state awards. ukrainian political scientists who analyze the significance of the exchange for ukraine say that it will not change anything. the former head of the ministry of foreign affairs of ukraine,

that putin has signed a decree on pardoning 13 people, among them, in particular, the politician ilya yashin, that is, there is a list of 13 people. it is important that... turkish intelligence played a role in this exchange, and we talk about it in detail, we are contacted by a columnist from the london school of economics, maria zolkina, i welcome you on the air, let's start with the role of turkey, why exactly ankara - it is a pad where seven planes land from different countries and this large-scale exchange is taking place? i congratulate you, well, because turkey first wanted to play the role of a mediator in certain issues in the negotiations between russia and the west, and she tried to play this role already in the 22nd year, and she managed to do it within the framework of almost a year. the so-called grain agreement, and from that time the role of turkey, in fact, as a possible mediator to find certain common denominators, it fell sharply, sharply decreased, narrowed this role, and this was actually a chance, because for such delicate diplomatic things, countries that will be accep

among them quite iconic figures, such as ira murza, who was poisoned twice but not killed. this is ilya yashin, who was replaced, but the most interesting thing is this it was because the honorable karaul, the red carpet was shot and the killers walked along it, and the most valuable thing for the collective terrorist of putin's killers was his friend, the same killer, the killer, and his name is krasikov, they have some kind of very close relationship, but the question is how close this relationship is. what unites them, is it such a great friendship, or is it possible that if krasikov left, because he is not in the united states, he was in prison in germany, he was sentenced to life imprisonment, if he left, he would cooperate with the german authorities and with the law enforcement officers, outraged by the fact that no one from russia is trying to free him, then maybe he could have said a little more, he would never have said this, because he too would have been liquidated in the same way that krasikov had to be liquidated , that... one of chechen commanders, who was already in germany at

the kremlin also released and exchanged russian opposition figures, these are ilya yashin and volodymyrurza, this is also reported by the media so far. in particular, such as cbs, bloomberg, reuters, the kremlin itself does not comment on the exchange at the moment, but according to the data. of the turkish media, where this exchange actually took place at the ankara airport, now we will show you a live broadcast from there, the american congressman michael loel said that, in addition to russia and the usa, such countries as belarus participate in the exchange, slovenia, germany, in belarus, by the way, a few days ago , a german citizen rik krieger, who was sentenced to death, was pardoned, and most likely he will also be exchanged. well, as cbs reports to russia as part of this. the exchange may return at least eight people, including those linked to russian intelligence, among them vadym krasikov, now you show him, an alleged officer, we show him, an alleged fsb officer, convicted of the murder of a former chechen field commander zalikhman khangoshvili in berlin, by the way, we will h

foreign agents ilya yashin, convicted of fakes about the russian army and vladimir karamurzu, found guiltytreason. before his arrest, karamurza, who also received british citizenship, was a frequent guest at the us congress and demanded sanctions against russia. thank god i have a chance to survive. and these are the tears of the german rick krieger, sentenced to death. he was pardoned personally by alexander lukashenko. a german, according to investigators, was recruited by the ukrainian special services and blew up a railway station last year. krieger along with the rest of the prisoners freed by russia what is gratifying is that, as the fsb noted, all these people in one way or another acted in the interests of foreign states to the detriment of our country. edmund shalbanov, irina lemkina, ntv television company. airplane. pardoned americans sat down at an air base near washington around midnight , joe biden, along with vice president kamala haris, personally came to greet the liberated diplomatic feat, the triumph of democracy, the victory of the white house, the press does not skimp

vladimir kara— murza and ilya yashin were speaking alongside another dissident, andrei pivovarov, at in germany. mr kara—murza and mr yashin said they considered mr putin a tyrant, a murderer and a war criminal. mr kara—murza said he wouldn't ask for a pardon when he wasn't guilty. meanwhile the kremlin has been giving more details about the russians who returned to moscow as part of the huge prisoner swap, admitting that vadim krasikov — convicted of killing a former chechen rebel in berlin — was an fsb agent who served in its special forces unit. russian british activist vladimir kara—murza hasjust been given a press conference in bonn, germany. translation: it is like a movie on some kind of screen - because some days ago i was sitting in a cell somewhere in siberia. yesterday in the morning, we where in the cell in a prison. and now we are here. so, all of it feels really surreal. first of all, i want to say and speak of my gratitude, it's very symbolic that we are here now in the former capital of... and it's very symbolic because they have returned to life to tell us the tradit

skochelenko, liliya chanysheva, ksenia fodeeva, foreigners oleg orlov and former capital municipal deputy ilya yashinsition. his own country, russia, sanctions. mr. karamurza, thank you for coming. he was a great friend of senator mccain, then came to his funeral and stood in line behind joe biden. later he received british citizenship. another dual citizen, kevin leak, according to investigators, worked for the german intelligence services for a future career in berlin. another german was literally saved from death as part of the exchange. rekokrieger was convicted in belarus. death penalty, he worked in the security service of the us embassy in berlin, where, as belarusian investigators are sure, he received skills in handling military weapons and from there he went to the foreign legion in ukraine, already there he was recruited by the ukrainian special services for terrorist attacks, came to belarus, took the bomb from a hiding place and took it to the station, then they write: put the backpack on the railway, next to the rails at the platform, miraculously no one was hurt during the explosion, k

and has a residence permit. at the same time, he is a british citizen; former municipal deputy ilya yashinentenced to death, was given the opportunity to return to germany. on the eve of the exchange , alexander lukashenko pardoned him, this was krieger’s reaction. you have been pardoned. there is a message on the kremlinru website that lists all those pardoned, in addition to those already listed, these are kevin lik, dimury voronin, liliya chanysheva, vadim ostanin, ksenia fodeeva, alexander skochelenko, andrey pevovarov, inaagent oleg orlov. the decision to sign the decrees was made with the aim of returning citizens of the russian federation who were detained and imprisoned on the territory of foreign states. the russian side is grateful to the president of belarus alexander grigorech. russia, 13 germany, three to the united states, yuri lepatov, andrei mikhailov, sergei prokofiev, channel one. the exchange of prisoners between russia and the west is now the main topic and on many world channels, overseas commentaries on everything that happened. our own correspondent in the united sta

posting on his x account, vladimir kara—murza shared this image of himself, along with ilya yashin and saying there would hold a news conference in bonn shortly. kara—murza, on the right, is a dual russian—uk citizen and prominent opposition politician. yashin, in the centre, and pivovarov are also well—known kremlin critics. the prisoners released by the west include convicted hit man vadim krasikov. a russian agent with the fsb security service, krasikov was serving a life sentence in germany for the murder of a former chechen rebel commander, whom he shot dead in broad daylight in a berlin park in 2019. he was returned to moscow, along with seven other released russian prisoners and two children. at an airbase outside washington, presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris greeted the returned americans. the plane carrying the two us journalists, evan gershkovich and alsu kurmasheva, and former marine paul whelan landed late at night. president biden said he was grateful for the diplomatic co—operation that led to the swap. our north america correspondent will grant sent thi

ilya yashin, one of the few well—known kremlin critics who opted to stay in russia at the start of theould be jailed for his criticisms of the kremlin he went to the dentist beforehand to get his teeth checked one last time. also free, the german medic, rico krieger, who was framed on terrorism charges in belarus and sentenced to death the russian british journalist vladimir kara—murza, who twice has been poisoned, and more recently was sentenced to 18 years for high treason. and the russian american alsu kurmasheva, a mother of two, who worked for radio free europe, jailed for reporting on the shortcomings of the russian forces. going the other way were not only russian spies, but hackers and state sponsored assassins. the planes brought russians from america, germany, poland, slovenia, and norway. the highest value prisoner among them, vadim krasikov, a high ranking colonel in the fsb, who had been convicted of executing a chechan dissident in a berlin park. dr nigel gould—davies — a former uk ambassador to belarus — told us he was struck by the russian president's resolve to bring h

seven more political prisoners disappeared from prison colonies in russia, including oppositionists ilya yashinsheva and ksenia fodeeva, as well as activist oleg orlov and artist alexandra skochelena. the total number of prisoners with whom communication suddenly disappeared reaches ten. flight observers reported that a special government plane visited several regions where missing prisoners were being held before returning to moscow. also on tuesday , rico krieger, a german citizen sentenced to death for terrorism in belarus, was pardoned. some analysts have speculated that krieger could be involved in the exchange, as russia is known to seek release of vadim krasikov. actually not only that. these names of these oppositionists, they are somehow heard by those who follow, this becomes entertaining, gives this story some piquancy, but for me it’s nothing, of course, they call them useful prisoners, but if they themselves presented for exchange, this means that this means that they really worked for them as, of course, they represent a certain value to them as their intelligence officers. the nu

moscow extradited 16 people to western countries, among them russian foreign agents ilya yashin and vladimir schebel, detained for drug smuggling, and two american journalist evan gershkovich and marine paul willen convicted of espionage. minsk pardoned rick krieger, sentenced to death by the germans for terrorism, and sent him to germany. russia expressed gratitude to belarus for this interaction. another german citizen had to somehow, if not balance, then at least soften berlin’s bitterness at the fact that krasikov got out of hand. washington admitted that... the obligation to protect german citizens, as well as us solidarity. explanations of the chancellor it was important for us that we have only increased the feeling of berlin’s loss of independence and this difficult decision itself will still entail political consequences. even the minister of foreign affairs, anna lena berbak, does not hide her confusion. this was an extremely sensitive dilemma that required conclusions and further careful discussion. but the conclusions, which have already been characteristically made in poland, ar

released as a result of the exchange, former municipal deputy ilya yashin, an agent who was involved in spreading fakes about the army, was given the opportunity to return to germany rika krieger. accused in belarus of undercover activity, preparation for a terrorist attack , mercenary activity, and sentenced to death . on the eve of the exchange , alexander lukashenko pardoned him, this was krieger’s reaction. there is a message on the kremlinru website that lists all those pardoned, in addition to already listed are kevin leak, dimury voronin, liliya chanysheva, vadim ostanin, ksenia fodeeva, alexander skochelenko, andrey pivovarov, and naagent oleg orlov. the decision to sign the decrees was made with the aim of returning citizens of the russian federation who were detained and imprisoned on the territory of foreign states. the russian side is grateful to the president of belarus alexander grigorievich lukashenko for the goodwill gesture of pardoning german citizen rick krieger, sentenced to death. also in moscow, grateful leadership of all countries that assisted in preparing the

vladimir kara—murza and ilya yashin said they considered him a tyrant, a murderer and a war criminal.of mourners have attended funeral prayers for the hamas political leader, ismail haniyeh, in qatar. 0fficals from a number of arab and muslim countries were there, as well as prominent figures from fatah, the main rival palestinian faction to hamas. the chairman of the democratic national committee in the united states, says kamala harris has secured enough votes from democratic delegates to officially be the party's nominee for president. the online voting process doesn't end until monday, but she's now crossed the threshold. mexico says the us has gone too far by recognising the opposition candidate as the winner of venezuela's contested presidential election. mexico's president, andres manuel lopez 0brador, said no country had the right to intervene in "an internal matter. let's return to that extraordinary story of the biggest prisoner swap between russia and the west since the cold war. two of the most high—profile russian dissidents freed as part of a major prisoner swap said the

former municipal deputy ilya yashin was released as a result of an exchange for an agent who engageding fake news about the army. rika krieger, accused in belarus of undercover activity, preparation for a terrorist attack , mercenary activity, and sentenced to death, was given the opportunity to return to germany . the day before. there is a message on the krememru website that lists all those pardoned, in addition to those already listed, these are kevin lik, dimury voronin, liliya chanysheva, vadim ostanin, ksenia fodeeva, alexander skochelenko, andrey pevarov, foreign agent oleg orlov. the decision to sign the decrees was made with the aim of returning citizens russian federation. detainees who were imprisoned on the territory of foreign states. the russian side is grateful to the president of belarus alexander grigorievich lukashenko for the goodwill gesture of pardoning german citizen rick krieger, sentenced to death. moscow also expresses gratitude to the leadership of all countries that assisted in preparing the exchange. the fsb distributed a video showing those sent for exch