Exchange on a one-way street
Suggesting that Zelensky and Putin exchange civilian prisoners is as unrealistic as it is novel. Nobel laureate Muratov’s appeal raises philosophical, political, logistical, legal, and logical questions. However well-intended his plan, the motives are lopsided, the numbers don’t add up, and the onus seems unfairly placed on Ukraine. In a YouTube video broadcast on May 26, Dmitri Muratov addressed the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, asking them to carry out an unprecedented exchange of civilian prisoners. The point of departure in Muratov’s reasoning was the recent successful exchange of prisoners of war: If Russia and Ukraine could swap soldiers, why not civilians, namely anti-war prisoners in Russia in exchange for Ukrainians jailed for collaboration with Russia?
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