Swap

 Washington Post: U.S., Germany trade convicted assassin to Russia for political prisoners in major swap - The landmark prisoner swap freed Russians jailed in the West, including a convicted killer, for U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza and others. By Shane Harris, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Mary Ilyushina and Souad Mekhennet

In Ankara, Russia released 16 prisoners, many unjustly accused or handed heavy sentences for minor offenses, including Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal...