Russia frees French researcher Vinatier in prisoner exchange

MOSCOW/PARIS, Jan 8 (Reuters) – Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for violating Moscow’s ‌foreign agent laws, has been freed as part of a prisoner exchange, French and Russian officials ‌said on Thursday. Read full story

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