LIVE: Russian dissidents speak out after prisoner swap

Russian dissidents Ilya Yashin, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Andrei Pivovarov give a press conference in Bonn on the release of Russian political detainees. READ MORE: Evan Gershkovich, the American ­reporter jailed for spying after a show trial in Russia, was released in a ­momentous East-West prisoner swap on Thursday. Moscow gave up Gershkovich, two other US citizens, a Russian-British dissident, several Germans and a slew of Russian political prisoners in the biggest handover since the end of the Cold War. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: