thank you, maria zolkina, a researcher at the london school of economics, was with us on the air, andt now we saw footage showing... russian television, dismissal political prisoners in russia as part of this large-scale exchange between russia and western countries. it's a prisoner exchange not seen since the cold war, and turkey has become the site of this complex logistical and diplomatic operation, and this is how the bbc security columnist frank cartner summarizes the exchange. it is not by chance that we are looking at the frame today. ankara airport, because the turkish intelligence mit plays a decisive role in this. they say they were involved as mediators and negotiators from start to finish. so ankara is successful a place to receive planes and exchange people. according to them, a total of seven planes were involved in the exchange, and although turkish intelligence takes credit for this exchange with its statements, diplomats and spies in many countries are involved in it. this exchange deal is extraordinary on three levels: the first is the large number of people being ex

the head of the regional security and conflict research department of the dem initiative fund, maria zolkinathe statements of karamurza and povyvarov may have consequences. i will remind you that the exchange of prisoners between russia and the usa took place behind closed doors. and other countries, a total of 24 people were released from both sides, russia released political prisoners and opposition politicians as part of this exchange, instead, the usa, germany, slovenia and great britain handed over to russia those convicted of espionage, hacking, fraud, murder, as well as russian fsb officer vadym krasikov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. volodymyr fesenko, a ukrainian political scientist, joins our broadcast. volodymyr, congratulations, thank you for joining our broadcast. we, before we move on to the russian ones. oppositionists, on the air they talked about the situation in the kurt region, in your opinion, that is, the russian oppositionists whom we heard after the recent exchange, they would not approved such actions, if... are they really the actions of the armed forces of