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US offers Russia prisoner swap deal

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Source: AP / Andrew Harnik/AP

The United States says it's made a "substantial" offer to Russia to release Americans detained there. The US Secretary of State has announced he'll raise the matter with his Russian counterpart when they speak for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine.



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