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Analyzing the implications of U.S.-Russia prisoner trade

High-profile Americans held in Russia were released as part of the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. Nick Schifrin discussed the larger implications of the exchange with Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former State Department official who served in the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations.

Analyzing the implications of U.S.-Russia prisoner trade

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