A new life
Russian artist released in swap moves to Germany, now free to marry her partner Freed Russian artist Sasha Skochilenko, left, and her partner, Sofya Subbotina, stand near the Mosel River in Koblenz, Germany, Saturday, Aug.
10. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) DASHA LITVINOVA |. Associated Press KOBLENZ, Germany — Sasha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina are planning to get married.
That wasn’t an option in their native Russia, but it’s possible now that they live in Germany, which recognizes same-sex weddings. “We don’t know how or in which city we will do it, but that’s the plan,” Skochilenko, 33, told The Associated Press, looking lovingly at Subbotina, who radiated happiness.
They reunited earlier this month in Germany, shortly after Skochilenko and other Russian prisoners were exchanged in a historic East-West swap — a happy if unlikely ending to an over two-year ordeal.
