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Undated photo posted by Jack Teixeira's mother on Veterans Day Nov 11, 2021 on her Facebook page.
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What We're Watching: Pentagon leaker suspect arrested, Gershkovich swap chatter, Uruguay’s free trade ambitions

And the suspected leaker is ...; Russia is maybe considering swap for Evan Gershkovich; Uruguay’s FTA dream

Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, detained on suspicion of espionage, leaves a court building in Moscow, Russia March 30, 2023.
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What We’re Watching: Moscow’s muscle flex, Bolsonaro’s return, Lasso losing his grip

Russia nabs US journalist; Bolsonaro back in Brazil; Will Lasso get lassoed?

Russia won Brittney Griner prisoner swap, Putin still losing
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Russia won Brittney Griner prisoner swap, Putin still losing

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Brittney Griner is back in the United States a free woman, and we're of course, happy to be able to announce that. But what do we think about this deal and what it means going forward?

Viktor Bout is escorted by Thai police as he arrives at a criminal court in Bangkok in 2010.
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Meet the Merchant of Death

Who is Viktor Bout, and why is he worth so much to Moscow that Vladimir Putin agreed to trade such a prized bargaining chip as Griner to get him back?

US basketball player Brittney Griner sits inside a defendants' cage before the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia.
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Griner freed, but in exchange for Merchant of Death — who won?

Big win for US President Joe Biden, but also for President Vladimir Putin. Who got the shorter end of the stick?