According to various reports, these people have been released:
Evan Gershkovich
The 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter had been imprisoned in Russia since March 2023 and was accused of espionage — an allegation he, the Journal, and the U.S. all deny — and whose unfair treatment has been widely publicized by the Journal and many other publications.
Paul Whelan
A 54-year-old former U.S. Marine who was detained at a hotel in Moscow in 2018 and was also accused of espionage — which the his family and the U.S. also deny. He was convicted and in 2020 sentenced to 16 years in prison.
Alsu Kurmasheva
The 47-year-old Russian-American journalist was working as an editor for Radio Free Europe in Prague when she was arrested in 2023 after returning to Russia to visit her ailing mother.
Ilya Yashin
The prominent 41-year-old Russian dissident worked with opposition leaders Alexei Navalny and Boris Nemtsov. He was serving a 8 and a half year prison sentence for criticizing the war in Ukraine.
Vladimir Kara-Murza
A 42-year-old Russian-British activist, filmmaker, and journalist who has been a vocal critic of the Kremlin. The prominent Russian opposition figure was arrested over his criticism of the war in Ukraine after returning to the country in 2022. He has been writing columns for the Washington Post from prison.
Oleg Orlov
An 71-year-old activist who is co-chair of the Russian human rights group Memorial.
Lilia Chanysheva
A 42-year-old former accounting analyst who worked to expose corruption in the republic of Bashkortostan, and ran Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny office there. She was convicted on extremism charges last year and is being sent to Germany as part of the deal.
Ksenia Fadeyeva
A 32-year-old Russian dissident who was a member of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s staff. She had been detained since 2021, and is now being sent to Germany as part of the deal.
Rico Krieger
A German national who had been sentenced to death in Belarus after being accused of terrorism.
