Lawyer Ivan Pavlov: "We welcome the release of our friends and colleagues"

Six of the prisoners.

Three of the prisoners released, from left to right: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, corporate security executive Paul Whelan, and former head of Open Russia movement Andrei Pivovarov. Source: AP / AP

24 prisoners were released in the largest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. Lawyer Ivan Pavlov commented on this news in a conversation with SBS Russian.


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