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Prisoner exchange was one of the most important exchanges between the East and the West during the Cold War. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged prisoners in various forms through secret communication channels, and also communicated through this method. Not long ago, the United States and Russia organized a "largest prisoner exchange since 1985". Under the circumstances that the Russian-Ukrainian war has led to extremely tense relations between the United States and Russia, the two sides have exchanged prisoners on such a large scale, which may explain many problems that we usually don't see.

(CCTV reports that the United States and Russia exchanged prisoners in Türkiye)

According to CCTV, on August 1, Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany, Britain and other Western countries on the other side conducted a prisoner exchange in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Although this prisoner exchange was not the first since the end of the Cold War, it was indeed the largest one. According to reports, Russia and Belarus released 16 Russian opposition figures who were specifically sought by the West and Western citizens who were accused of money laundering, drug trafficking and espionage; in exchange, the United States and other Western countries released 10 Russian citizens, including 2 children.