Quotes
The fact that no Ukrainian was exchanged makes you think that not all is as it appears … I am afraid there is a secret part of the deal which can only be focused on Russia and the United States.”
Andrey Volna, a Russian orthopaedic surgeon who left to volunteer at a military hospital in Kyiv, wrote on Facebook Of course, we would like the traitors of Russia to rot in prison or die in jail, as has often happened … But it is more useful to get out our own, who worked for the country, for the Fatherland, for all of us.”
Russia’s inflammatory former president Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram Firstly, many today are incredibly happy for those who were exchanged,
Alexey Krapukhin, a member of the liberal party Yabloko, told Al Jazeera It’s a joy to see them all out of captivity,
Yulia Navalnaya wrote on Instagram The latest prisoner swap between Russia, the United States, and other Western countries is monumental for both Russia and the West,
Kimberly St Julian-Varnon, an American historian of Russia and the USSR, told Al Jazeera I am a journalist who has focused on Russia throughout my life,
Dan Storyev, an editor at the Russian human rights monitor OVD-Info, wrote in the Moscow Times How many people do we get versus them? Are we also paying them cash?”
he wrote on his social platform Truth Social I want to congratulate everyone on their return to their homeland,