Among those handed to Moscow was Volodymyr Tsemakh(pic), suspected of involvement in downing a Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over rebel-held east Ukraine in 2014 that killed all 298 aboard
MOSCOW/KIEV: Russia and Ukraine swapped dozens of prisoners on Saturday in a carefully-negotiated rapprochement that brought Western praise and could thaw a freeze in relations since Moscow's annexation of the Crimea region in 2014.
While the exchange of 35 prisoners on each side could help rebuild confidence between Moscow and Kiev and allow them to start talking seriously over other issues including a conflict in east Ukraine, full normalisation is a long way off.
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