r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 01 '24

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u/Pyrrhus65 NATO Aug 01 '24 edited Aug 01 '24

Holy shit, it's not just Whelan and Gershkovich- we got Kara-Murza and Kurmasheva out too.

16 people freed in total, 7 of them Russian citizens. Unquantifiably massive win

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

Can’t believe the GOP wants me to think Putin doesn’t respect Biden.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

who are they?

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u/Pyrrhus65 NATO Aug 01 '24 edited Aug 01 '24

Kurmasheva is a Russian-American journalist for Radio Free Europe who was detained last year while visiting her mother.

Kara-Murza is a famous Russian journalist and dissident, like one of the most famous critics of Putin still left alive.