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Footage of prisoner swap is not recent – Full Fact

In the aftermath of a high profile prisoner exchange on 1 August between Russia and several other countries, including the United States and Germany, posts claiming to show footage of the event  have been widely shared on social media

But while footage of the exchange earlier this month does exist, the clip being shared in the posts is over two years old and shows a different prisoner exchange.

The video clip accompanying the posts shows officials with their faces blurred leading a man down the stairs of a small plane. Another man, accompanied by several other officials with their faces blurred is then led on to the same plane. 

The US confirmed on Thursday that three of its citizens, including Wall Street Post journalist Evan Gershkovich who had been sentenced to…


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