Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 192
November Surprises
“Russia has released an American military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying,” the Associated Press reports.
South China Morning Post: Russia frees ailing ex-U.S. marine after Putin’s “goodwill” pardon.
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