With prisoner swap, US and Russia return to time-honored rite
Washington (AFP) - Quiet negotiations amid crisis followed by prisoners walking free onto the tarmac. With Wednesday's choreographed inmate swap, the United States and Russia are finding new use for a Cold War rite. As the West pummels Russia with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, Washington insisted it was not making any diplomatic overture to Moscow but the deal demonstrated that the two rival powers still have at least a narrow working relationship. Footage on Russian television showed former US marine Trevor Reed, 30, in a trench coat being taken out of a van by three camouflaged Rus...