Spy swap: A look at the four Russians freed in 2010 exchange

Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who is critically ill in the UK after exposure to an unknown substance, was one of four prisoners who were pardoned and released from custody in 2010 as part of a spy swap.

Spy swap: A look at the four Russians freed in 2010 exchange

Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who is critically ill in the UK after exposure to an unknown substance, was one of four prisoners who were pardoned and released from custody in 2010 as part of a spy swap.

The exchange followed the exposure of a ring of Russian sleeper agents in the US.

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