Last week, the US, along with several European countries pulled off the biggest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War. Several Americans convicted in Russia on trumped-up charges were set free. But not just Americans — most of the political prisoners released by the Kremlin were Russian dissidents. The World’s Daniel Ofman reports from Riga, Latvia, on what’s next for Russian politicians in exile.
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