{
  "id": 10951541,
  "title": "Kremlin Denies Considering Prisoner Releases for Sanctions Relief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/kremlin-denies-considering-prisoner-releases-for-sanctions-relief",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T13:07:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
    "slug": "kyiv-post",
    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/85765"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Russia has denied reports that President Trump was considering a proposal by his Eastern European envoy under which US sanctions would be eased in exchange for the release of political prisoners. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the premise, saying Russia categorically denies the existence of political prisoners.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Moscow Times",
        "title": "Kremlin Denies Talks on Freeing Political Prisoners for U.S. Sanctions Relief",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/kremlin-denies-talks-on-freeing-political-prisoners-for-u-s-sanctions",
        "published": "2026-09-30T11:14:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "Kremlin denies Russia has political prisoners as Trump weighs sanctions relief for releases",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/kremlin-denies-russia-has-political-prisoners-as-trump-weighs",
        "published": "2026-09-30T11:25:40.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}