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Kremlin confirms secret agent part of historic prisoner swap

Kremlin confirms secret agent part of historic prisoner swap

Update: 2024-08-022
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The Kremlin confirms convicted assassin Vadim Krasikov, released in a huge east-west prisoner swap, was a Russian security agent.

The historic exchange freed 24 prisoners from seven countries - three of whom have now returned to the US.

Also: Hundreds of mourners gather in Doha to offer funeral prayers for assassinated Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh, and a senior North Korean defector says his country is rooting for another Donald Trump presidency.

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Kremlin confirms secret agent part of historic prisoner swap

Kremlin confirms secret agent part of historic prisoner swap

BBC World Service