LIVE: White House briefing as historic Russia-West prisoner swap underway

Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan hold a White House briefing after the United States and four allies reached a deal with Russia in the biggest prisoner exchange since the Cold War. The swap included Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and Vladimir Kara-Murza. Turkey, which coordinated the exchange, said 10 prisoners, including two minors, had been moved to Russia, 13 to Germany and three to the United States. Also involved in the swap were Poland, Slovenia, Norway and Belarus.
 
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