RFE/RL senior correspondent Mike Eckel joins Steve Gutterman to talk about how things may develop in the wake of two big events: the prisoner swap with Ukraine and the local and regional elections in Russia.
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Monday 9 September 2019
Guest host Mike Eckel talks to RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspondent Natalia Churikova about a Russian-Ukrainian prisoner swap that has not yet happened, but may still go ahead in the coming days. Churikova also casts her eye over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s new government. Mircea Țicudean, a correspondent with RFE/RL's Moldovan Service, also offers insight into John Bolton’s recent visit to Chisinau and Prime Minister Maia Sandu’s postponed trip to Washington, D.C.
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