After enduring years of wrongful detention, two men, one American and one Russian, have finally been released in a swap deal between the US and Russia. The US State Department had designated both men as wrongfully detained, marking the end of a nightmare that lasted over five years for one and more than a year for the other.
The negotiations leading to Thursday's swap were complex and conducted quietly over several months between Moscow and Washington. US diplomats went to great lengths, scouring the globe for offers to entice Russia to release the Americans.
