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The United States exchanged Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel for U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers at the Glienicke Bridge between West Berlin and East Germany.
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Americans Marvin William Makinen and Walter Ciszek were swapped for Ivan Yegorov and his wife, Aleksandra, who had been charged with espionage in the United States.
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British businessman Greville Wynne, who was recruited by MI6, was exchanged for Soviet intelligence officer Konon Molody on the Glienicke Bridge.
The Soviet Union released five dissidents -- including Aleksandr Ginzburg -- in exchange for Russians Valdik Enger and Rudolf Chernyayev, convicted of espionage in the United States.
The United States exchanged four people for 25 Americans held in East Germany and Poland.
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Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky (Natan Sharansky) was swapped for Karel Koecher and his wife, Hana, both Czechoslovak nationals.
Photo: Yuri Timofeyev (RFE/RL)
American journalist Nicholas Daniloff was exchanged for Gennadiy Zakharov, with Soviet dissident Yury Orlov also released as part of the deal.
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The United States deported 10 Russian nationals, who had been working under false identities, in exchange for four people convicted in Russia of spying for the West, including ex-military intelligence agent Sergei Skripal.
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Russia and the United States exchanged U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Russia and Belarus conducted a prisoner swap involving 24 people with the U.S. and other Western nations, releasing dissidents including Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza, and American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, who works for RFE/RL.
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U.S. schoolteacher Mark Fogel, who was incarcerated for flying into Russia with cannabis, was released after three years in prison. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson said a Russian citizen would soon be released by the U.S. Reports citing U.S. officials indicate this will be Alexander Vinnik, who was jailed in connection with money laundering using cryptocurrency.