Analysis | After a Historic Exchange of Prisoners, What’s Next?

Sometimes, when the good guys win, triumphs deserve to be savored. The August 2 press conference in Bonn, Germany, where three just-freed political prisoners—Vladimir Kara-Murza, Andrei Pivovarov and Ilya Yashin—spoke to the press and supporters, is a reminder that there is more to Russia than Vladimir Putin and his odious regime.