The swap was the biggest exchange of prisoners since the end of the Cold War. Here's the full list of those released.
Russia and the West have swapped 24 prisoners in the biggest exchange since the end of the Cold War, with 16 prisoners released from Russia and eight from the West. The swap was the result of months of secret negotiations between the White House and the Kremlin, further complicated by open conflict between the United States and Russia over the Ukraine war.
A 33-year-old artist, Skochilenko was arrested in April 2022 and then jailed in November 2023 for seven years for replacing supermarket price tags with messages opposing the Ukraine offensive, particularly the battle for the Black Sea port city of Mariupol . A Russian opposition activist, Pivovarov headed the Open Russia Foundation, which supported victims of human rights violations and spoke out against Russia's human rights record.
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