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The standard framework for recovering a foreign detainee from adversarial custody runs on reciprocity. Governments exchange nationals, or attach a release to a concession with recognized diplomatic weight.
Moscow released a former US Marine outside that framework entirely, with the State Department confirming that Washington offered no prisoner exchange and made no concessions.
The concession question Bilateral detention cases create a specific pressure structure. The holding government controls the timeline and the conditions of any release.
The country seeking return controls what it is willing to offer.
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