Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player
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FILE - French citizen Laurent Vinatier sits in a cage prior to a court session at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)In this image, made from video and provided by Russian Federal Security Service via Russia-1 TV channel on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, is shown being released from prison in a prisoner swap with France. (Russian Federal Security Service/Russia-1 TV channel via AP)In this image, made from video and provided by Russian Federal Security Service via Russia-1 TV channel on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, Daniil Kasatkin, a Russian basketball player who was jailed in France and whose extradition was demanded by the United States, is seen after being released in a prisoner swap with France that saw the release of Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar. (Russian Federal Security Service/Russia-1 TV channel via AP)In this image, made from video provided by Russian Federal Security Service via Russia-1 TV channel on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, Laurent Vinatier, center right, a French political scholar, serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, is shown after being released from prison in a prisoner swap with France. (Russian Federal Security Service/Russia-1 TV channel via AP)
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FILE - French citizen Laurent Vinatier sits in a cage prior to a court session at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)
