{"id":173193,"date":"2024-08-02T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-was-key-to-prisoner-swap-deal-with-russia-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:00:53","slug":"why-germany-was-key-to-prisoner-swap-deal-with-russia-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-germany-was-key-to-prisoner-swap-deal-with-russia-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Germany was key to prisoner swap deal with Russia | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/y-As0OV5UVU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Germany was key to prisoner swap deal with Russia | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y-As0OV5UVU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The German government played a key role in Thursday&#8217;s prisoner swap between Russia and the West, in which Moscow released 16 prisoners in exchange for eight Russians held in the West.<\/p>\n<p>The main figure in the swap, which involved several countries, was Vadim Krasikov, a Russian convicted of killing a former Chechen militant in Berlin in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Russia had approached the United States as early as 2022 with an offer to release US prisoners in exchange for Krasikov, who was serving a life sentence in Germany. 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