This week saw the largest ever U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, including reporters, dissidents, and assassins.

What rules help guide these sorts of delicate negotiations and agreements? We spoke with a specialist in Russian and international law:
https://theconversation.com/7-nation-prisoner-swap-shows-how-diplomacy-not-law-governs-exchanges-236009
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7-nation prisoner swap shows how diplomacy, not law, governs exchanges

The law doesn’t govern political prisoner exchanges. These are political processes done in secret, as governments can agree to whatever deals they want to make − and reject those they don’t.

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