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Niko Vorobyov

Russian ‘hostage diplomacy’ pays off: Decoding a wartime prisoner exchange

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Russian nationals, including Artyom Dultsev, Anna Dultseva and their children, following a prisoner exchange between Russia with Western countries, during a ceremony at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow [Sputnik/Mikhail Voskresensky/Pool via Reuters]

It was the largest, most elaborate prisoner exchange between Moscow and the West since the Cold War.

On Thursday, 24 prisoners were gathered to be exchanged at Esenboga airport in the Turkish capital of Ankara before boarding jets to fly them home.

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