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- Thursday's historic prisoner swap freed journalists, political dissidents, and one small-time activist.
- Alexandra Skochilenko was arrested in 2022 after she posted anti-war messages in a supermarket.
- Skochilenko is headed to Germany, where she will reunite with her mother.
The historic prisoner swap on Thursday between the US, Russia, and a handful of other countries freed a number of well-known journalists, activists, and political dissidents.