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<p>The prisoner exchange reported by US media to be underway on Thursday between Russia and the United States continues a long history of swaps between Moscow and the West.</p>

<p>AFP takes a look at the main prisoner swaps since the Cold War:</p>

<h2><strong>December 2022: basketball player Brittney Griner</strong></h2>

<p>US basketball star Brittney Griner, now 33, spent nine months in a Russian jail before being freed in December 2022 in an exchange at the Abu Dhabi airport for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.</p>

<p>She had been arrested at a Moscow airport in February 2022, one week before the invasion of Ukraine, and sentenced in August 2022 to nine years in jail on charges of smuggling cannabis vape cartridges into the country.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-releases-us-journalist-evan-gershkovich-in-major-prisoner-swap-report-746308">Russia releases US journalist Evan Gershkovich, ex-marine Paul Whelan in biggest prisoner swap since Cold War</a></strong></p>

<p>Several days after her release, US citizen Suedi Murekezi was freed as well as 64 Ukrainian military members in a Ukraine prisoner swap with Russian forces. He had been arrested in June 2022 in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine and convicted of taking part in pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian demonstrations.</p>

<h2><strong>April 2022: ex-Marine Trevor Reed</strong></h2>

<p>Trevor Reed, who had been jailed for nine years for assaulting police, was released in April 2022 in a prisoner swap in Turkey with Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot and alleged drug smuggler who was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an American court.</p>

<p>Reed, now in his 30s, was a Texas university student in 2019 when he travelled to Russia with his Russian girlfriend. He was arrested for assault on law enforcement officers after getting drunk and spent two years in prison, going on a hunger strike in November 2021.</p>

<h2><strong>July 2010: historic swap in Vienna</strong></h2>

<p>On July 9, 2010, Russia and the United States carried out their biggest spy swap since the fall of the Iron Curtain at the Vienna airport, exchanging 10 agents deported by the US for four freed by Moscow.</p>

<p>In the highly choreographed cloak-and-dagger operation, special Russian and US flights carried the spies to Vienna, parked next to each other on the runway, then took off within 15 minutes of each other after the exchange by shuttle bus.</p>

<p>A government jet flew the 10 Russian spies, including Anna Chapman, who cultivated a femme fatale image as a business executive before her arrest, back to Moscow's Domodedovo airport.</p>

<p>The four released by Russia included three convicted of spying for the West.</p>

<p>Among them was Sergei Skripal, a former colonel with Russian military intelligence whose 2018 poisoning in southern England, where he had taken refuge, sparked a diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Several Western countries have accused Moscow of being behind the assassination attempt of the former double agent, something that Moscow has denied.</p>

<h2><strong>The Cold War: the Bridge of Spies</strong></h2>

<p>Before the end of the Cold War in 1991, prisoner swaps were a regular occurrence between Moscow and the West, but they mainly involved spies.</p>

<p>Prisoner exchanges regularly took place on the iron Glienicke Bridge that linked West Berlin with Soviet-controlled Potsdam over the Havel River.</p>

<p>The first memorable spy swap of the Soviet era took place there on February 10, 1962, involving one of the most famous Soviet spies, Rudolf Abel, and American pilot Gary Powers.</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;26 prisoners exchanged between Russia and West</strong></p>

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<p>Director Steven Spielberg turned their story into a blockbuster, "Bridge of Spies", in 2015.</p>

<p>On June 11, 1985, 25 East German political prisoners crossed paths on the bridge with four East Bloc agents convicted in the United States.</p>

<p>The most spectacular swap on the bridge, however, took place on February 11, 1986, when Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was exchanged for Czech spy couple Karl and Hana Koecher, who were held in the US, and three spies held in West Germany.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Sharansky had spent nine years in a Siberian gulag on charges of spying for the US. He immediately emigrated to Israel, where he went into politics.</p>

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The prisoner exchange reported by US media to be underway on Thursday between Russia and the United States continues a long history of swaps between Moscow and the West.

The prisoner exchange reported by US media to be underway on Thursday between Russia and the United States continues a long history of swaps between Moscow and the West. AFP takes a look at the main prisoner swaps since the Cold War: December 2022: basketball player Brittney Griner US basketball star Brittney Griner, now 33, spent nine months in a Russian jail before being freed in December 2022 in an exchange at the Abu Dhabi airport for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. She had been arrested at a Moscow airport in February 2022, one week before the invasion of Ukraine, and sentenced in August 2022 to nine years in jail on charges of smuggling cannabis vape cartridges into the country. Also read | Russia releases US journalist Evan Gershkovich, ex-marine Paul Whelan in biggest prisoner swap since Cold War Several days after her release, US citizen Suedi Murekezi was freed as well as 64 Ukrainian military members in a Ukraine prisoner swap with Russian forces. He had been arrested in June 2022 in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine and convicted of taking part in pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian demonstrations. April 2022: ex-Marine Trevor Reed Trevor Reed, who had been jailed for nine years for assaulting police, was released in April 2022 in a prisoner swap in Turkey with Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot and alleged drug smuggler who was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an American court. Reed, now in his 30s, was a Texas university student in 2019 when he travelled to Russia with his Russian girlfriend. He was arrested for assault on law enforcement officers after getting drunk and spent two years in prison, going on a hunger strike in November 2021. July 2010: historic swap in Vienna On July 9, 2010, Russia and the United States carried out their biggest spy swap since the fall of the Iron Curtain at the Vienna airport, exchanging 10 agents deported by the US for four freed by Moscow. In the highly choreographed cloak-and-dagger operation, special Russian and US flights carried the spies to Vienna, parked next to each other on the runway, then took off within 15 minutes of each other after the exchange by shuttle bus. A government jet flew the 10 Russian spies, including Anna Chapman, who cultivated a femme fatale image as a business executive before her arrest, back to Moscow's Domodedovo airport. The four released by Russia included three convicted of spying for the West. Among them was Sergei Skripal, a former colonel with Russian military intelligence whose 2018 poisoning in southern England, where he had taken refuge, sparked a diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West. Several Western countries have accused Moscow of being behind the assassination attempt of the former double agent, something that Moscow has denied. The Cold War: the Bridge of Spies Before the end of the Cold War in 1991, prisoner swaps were a regular occurrence between Moscow and the West, but they mainly involved spies. Prisoner exchanges regularly took place on the iron Glienicke Bridge that linked West Berlin with Soviet-controlled Potsdam over the Havel River. The first memorable spy swap of the Soviet era took place there on February 10, 1962, involving one of the most famous Soviet spies, Rudolf Abel, and American pilot Gary Powers. Also watch | 26 prisoners exchanged between Russia and West × Director Steven Spielberg turned their story into a blockbuster, "Bridge of Spies", in 2015. On June 11, 1985, 25 East German political prisoners crossed paths on the bridge with four East Bloc agents convicted in the United States. The most spectacular swap on the bridge, however, took place on February 11, 1986, when Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky was exchanged for Czech spy couple Karl and Hana Koecher, who were held in the US, and three spies held in West Germany. Sharansky had spent nine years in a Siberian gulag on charges of spying for the US. He immediately emigrated to Israel, where he went into politics. Disclaimer: This story has been published from a news agency feed with minimal edits to adhere to WION's style guide. The headline may have been changed to better reflect the content of the story or to make it more suitable for WION audience.

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<p>Top US intelligence officials said on Monday (July 29) that Russia was relying on unwitting Americans and commercial public relations (PR) firms in Russia&nbsp;to spread disinformation about the upcoming presidential election.</p>

<p>As per a report by the news agency Associated Press on Tuesday, an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told reporters, "The American public should know that content that they read online — especially on social media — could be foreign propaganda, even if it appears to be coming from fellow Americans or originating in the United States."</p>

<p>This official was speaking alongside officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security.&nbsp;</p>

<h2><strong>The threats of election disinformation</strong></h2>

<p>A tumultuous few weeks in American politics has forced Russia, Iran, and China to revise some of the details of their propaganda playbook, the Associated Press report said. During Monday's briefing, intelligence officials said what hadn't changed, was the determination of these countries to seed the internet with false and incendiary claims about American democracy to undermine faith in the election.</p>

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<p>Officials told reporters&nbsp;that the groups linked to the Kremlin were increasingly hiring&nbsp;marketing and communications firms located within Russia to outsource some of the work of creating digital propaganda while also covering their tracks.</p>

<p>Two such firms were the subject of new US&nbsp;sanctions announced in March. These two firms created fake websites and social media profiles to spread Kremlin disinformation.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<h2><strong>Get Americans to spread Russian disinformation</strong></h2>

<p>The report said that the disinformation could focus on the candidates or voting, or issues that were already the subject of debates in the US such as immigration, crime or the ongoing Gaza war.</p>

<p>The ultimate goal, however, was to get Americans to spread Russian disinformation without questioning its origin.&nbsp;People are far more likely to trust and repost information that they believe is coming from a domestic source, officials told reporters on Monday.</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;US election enters 100-day countdown</strong></p>

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<p>Fake websites designed to mimic American news outlets and artificial intelligence (AI) generated social media profiles were just two methods.</p>

<p>“Foreign influence actors are getting better at hiding their hand, and getting Americans to do it,” the&nbsp;official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Top US intelligence officials said on Monday (July 29) that Russia was relying on unwitting Americans and commercial public relations (PR) firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the upcoming presidential election.

Top US intelligence officials said on Monday (July 29) that Russia was relying on unwitting Americans and commercial public relations (PR) firms in Russia to spread disinformation about the upcoming presidential election. As per a report by the news agency Associated Press on Tuesday, an official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence told reporters, "The American public should know that content that they read online — especially on social media — could be foreign propaganda, even if it appears to be coming from fellow Americans or originating in the United States." This official was speaking alongside officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security. The threats of election disinformation A tumultuous few weeks in American politics has forced Russia, Iran, and China to revise some of the details of their propaganda playbook, the Associated Press report said. During Monday's briefing, intelligence officials said what hadn't changed, was the determination of these countries to seed the internet with false and incendiary claims about American democracy to undermine faith in the election. Also read | Elon Musk claims Google biased against Trump, interfering in US election Officials told reporters that the groups linked to the Kremlin were increasingly hiring marketing and communications firms located within Russia to outsource some of the work of creating digital propaganda while also covering their tracks. Two such firms were the subject of new US sanctions announced in March. These two firms created fake websites and social media profiles to spread Kremlin disinformation. Get Americans to spread Russian disinformation The report said that the disinformation could focus on the candidates or voting, or issues that were already the subject of debates in the US such as immigration, crime or the ongoing Gaza war. The ultimate goal, however, was to get Americans to spread Russian disinformation without questioning its origin. People are far more likely to trust and repost information that they believe is coming from a domestic source, officials told reporters on Monday. Also watch | US election enters 100-day countdown × Fake websites designed to mimic American news outlets and artificial intelligence (AI) generated social media profiles were just two methods. “Foreign influence actors are getting better at hiding their hand, and getting Americans to do it,” the official from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>As many as 140 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Russia's Volgograd region on Monday (Jul 28),&nbsp;the country’s state-owned railway company said.</p>

<p>According to&nbsp;reports, the train, travelling at 65 kmph, collided with a truck that drove into a railroad crossing at 12:35 local time. Nine passenger cars were derailed as authorities attempted to get a clear picture of the impact of the accident.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The train was travelling from Kazan in&nbsp;Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when the accident took place near the&nbsp;Kotelnikovo station about 1,200 km (750 miles) south of Moscow.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The emergency ministry had already pressed paramedics on the scene, adding that as many as 342 emergency workers were involved.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"About 140 people received cuts and bruises," Russian Railways said, adding that 15 people, including three children, had been taken to hospital for treatment.</p>

<p>The driver of the truck was reportedly thrown about 15 metres (50 feet) by the impact. He was in grave condition, according to the Mash Telegram channel, which published a video showing the battered remains of the cabin of the truck and a man who it said was the driver with blood on his face.</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


As many as 140 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Russia's Volgograd region on Monday (Jul 28), the country’s state-owned railway company said.

As many as 140 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in Russia's Volgograd region on Monday (Jul 28), the country’s state-owned railway company said. According to reports, the train, travelling at 65 kmph, collided with a truck that drove into a railroad crossing at 12:35 local time. Nine passenger cars were derailed as authorities attempted to get a clear picture of the impact of the accident. The train was travelling from Kazan in Tatarstan to Adler on the Black Sea when the accident took place near the Kotelnikovo station about 1,200 km (750 miles) south of Moscow. ❗️Train Derails In Russia's Volgograd, Multiple Injuries A truck driver drove onto a crossing and collided with a train travelling between Kazan and Adler, according to Russian Railways. Eight carriages derailed, and authorities are now working to clarify the number of… pic.twitter.com/aL2uG24NAY — RT_India (@RT_India_news) July 29, 2024 × Aquest és l'individu que ha fet volcar avui un tren amb 812 passatgers a VOLGOGRAD quan ha xocat el convoy amb el camió que portava. ️ÉS diu ASLANBEK U, de 43 ANYS, havia estat guàrdia de seguretat. Té una lesió craniocerebral i cames trencades. Se l'està investigant. pic.twitter.com/Cg7WgsKuTZ — JosepBastardas ☭ (@josepbastardas) July 29, 2024 × The emergency ministry had already pressed paramedics on the scene, adding that as many as 342 emergency workers were involved. "About 140 people received cuts and bruises," Russian Railways said, adding that 15 people, including three children, had been taken to hospital for treatment. The driver of the truck was reportedly thrown about 15 metres (50 feet) by the impact. He was in grave condition, according to the Mash Telegram channel, which published a video showing the battered remains of the cabin of the truck and a man who it said was the driver with blood on his face. (With inputs from agencies)

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<p>Olympic organisers confirmed Monday the withdrawal of accreditation from some reporters after Russia's TASS state news agency announced several of its journalists could no longer cover the Paris Games.</p>

<p>TASS said on Sunday that the removal of the reporters and photographers' accreditation, essential to cover the Games, was "completely unexpected" after the journalists had entered France, received passes and attended the opening and several events.</p>

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<p>"I can confirm that some accredited journalists have received an a posteriori decision from the competent authorities to withdraw their accreditation," 2024 Paris Olympics spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters.</p>

<p>"As the Paris-2024 Organising Committee, we are applying the decision without being involved in the rationale behind this information, which has not been communicated to us," she added.</p>

<p>Descamps said she did not know how many journalists had been affected.</p>

<p>Contacted by AFP, the interior ministry said it had no comment.</p>

<p>TASS said the Paris Olympics organising committee had stripped four of its journalists of accreditation.</p>

<p>One of the journalists, Artyom Kuznetsov, has covered a series of Olympic Games and was seen at the main Trocadero stands together with other journalists accredited to cover the opening Olympic ceremony on Friday evening.</p>

<p>Team Russia was banned from the Paris edition over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year.</p>

<p>Just 15 Russian athletes have been accredited to compete at the Olympics as neutrals. They did not take part in the opening ceremony.</p>

<p>Russia gave the opening ceremony a critical reception, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova describing it as a "massive failure".&nbsp;</p>

<p>Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said the opening ceremony was a "disgusting spectacle" and a "freak show".</p>

<p>TASS wrote the opening "was notable for a number of awkward situations", noting gaffes such as the Olympic flag raised upside-down and viewers leaving early due to pouring rain.</p>

<p>Earlier, some Russian journalists had accreditation requests denied, prompting Zakharova to tell TASS that "observing the rights of journalists and providing freedom of speech are just empty sounds for (President Emmanuel) Macron and his gang".</p>


Olympic organisers confirmed Monday the withdrawal of accreditation from some reporters after Russia's TASS state news agency announced several of its journalists could no longer cover the Paris Games.

Olympic organisers confirmed Monday the withdrawal of accreditation from some reporters after Russia's TASS state news agency announced several of its journalists could no longer cover the Paris Games. TASS said on Sunday that the removal of the reporters and photographers' accreditation, essential to cover the Games, was "completely unexpected" after the journalists had entered France, received passes and attended the opening and several events. Also Read: Paris Olympics 2024: Favourite Iga Swiatek pummels France's Diane Parry to enter third round "I can confirm that some accredited journalists have received an a posteriori decision from the competent authorities to withdraw their accreditation," 2024 Paris Olympics spokeswoman Anne Descamps told reporters. "As the Paris-2024 Organising Committee, we are applying the decision without being involved in the rationale behind this information, which has not been communicated to us," she added. Descamps said she did not know how many journalists had been affected. Contacted by AFP, the interior ministry said it had no comment. TASS said the Paris Olympics organising committee had stripped four of its journalists of accreditation. One of the journalists, Artyom Kuznetsov, has covered a series of Olympic Games and was seen at the main Trocadero stands together with other journalists accredited to cover the opening Olympic ceremony on Friday evening. Team Russia was banned from the Paris edition over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, now in its third year. Just 15 Russian athletes have been accredited to compete at the Olympics as neutrals. They did not take part in the opening ceremony. Russia gave the opening ceremony a critical reception, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova describing it as a "massive failure". Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said the opening ceremony was a "disgusting spectacle" and a "freak show". TASS wrote the opening "was notable for a number of awkward situations", noting gaffes such as the Olympic flag raised upside-down and viewers leaving early due to pouring rain. Earlier, some Russian journalists had accreditation requests denied, prompting Zakharova to tell TASS that "observing the rights of journalists and providing freedom of speech are just empty sounds for (President Emmanuel) Macron and his gang".

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