Behind the Historic US-Russia Prisoner Exchange

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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24 prisoners have been released in the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. Among those freed are two wrongfully detained American citizens, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, and former US marine Paul Whelan, in exchange for Russian criminals. Bianna Golodryga talks with exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar about the ethical dilemmas and the details of this groundbreaking deal. Also on today's show: former IDF paratrooper Yuval Green; Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. A nightmare
0:38.9	ends with a historic deal. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gishkovic and U.S. Marine
0:43.4	Paul Wayland among the many coming home in a large-scale prisoner swap between
0:48.2	the U.S. and Russia. Exhiled Russian journalist Mikhail Ziger joins the show with the latest details.
0:55.0	Then IDF Medic Yval Green breaks his silence on the horrors he says he witnessed fighting in Gaza.
1:02.0	And what a Harris presidency could mean for the Israel-Gazza conflict and her strategy
1:07.3	to win key voters.
1:09.2	Democratic strategist Wali Shaheed speaks to Hari Srena Barton. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goladriga in for Christiane Amanpur.
1:33.4	Today, the largest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the end of the Cold War.
1:39.2	After months of complex negotiations, a historic deal involving seven countries and the return of 24 detainees,
1:46.5	along with two children.
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