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Saudi Arabia has dismissed suggestions that its efforts to help release prisoners held by pro-Russia separatists were part of an attempt to rehabilitate its image after the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, The Guardian reported on Friday. Saudi Arabia and Turkey helped Russia and Ukraine reach a prisoner swap deal, which included the release of about a dozen foreign nationals. “I think that’s a very cynical view,” Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said when asked whether the kingdom had involved itself in order to repair relations with Western states. Among those released were five British citi…