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How Putin played the West in the prisoner swap
Published: 6 August 2024 at 00:01 Europe/London
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Episode notes
Last week, 24 prisoners, spanning seven countries, were exchanged in the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Is this a triumph for diplomacy, or just a triumph for Putin?
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Guests:
- Grainne McCarthy, Chief Digital Editor International, The Wall Street Journal.
- Mark Galeotti, director of Mayak Intelligence and honorary professor at UCL.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: ABC News, The White House, Sky News.
Further reading: Prisoner swap doesn’t mean Cold War 2.0 has eased. It may get worse
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