PBS News Hour

American detained in Russia excluded from prisoner swap

As Russia weighs a prisoner swap to free detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a third American has been held in a Russian prison for more than a year. Marc Fogel, 61, a teacher who’s lived and worked in Russia for nearly a decade was sentenced to 14 years of hard labor by Russian authorities in a case strikingly similar to Griner's. His sister Anne Fogel joins Amna Nawaz to discuss.

American detained in Russia excluded from prisoner swap

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