Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player The Independent Par :Sylvie Corbet · Thomas Adamson and Samuel Petrequin 8 janvier 2026 à 16:48 France's president says a political scholar from the country who was serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage has been freed in a prisoner swap with France © Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved