Source: The Russian Federation and the United States are working on the exchange of prisoners despite international events

Source: The Russian Federation and the United States are working on the exchange of prisoners despite international events



Moscow and Washington are in contact over the prisoner exchange, and recent international events have not affected the process, a diplomatic source said.

He noted that the work is not going along the line of foreign affairs departments, but more along the line of special services.

“Contacts have not been interrupted,” the source clarified in his response to a question about the impact of recent events, including referendums on the entry of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia and the growth of escalatory rhetoric against Moscow on contacts between the Russian Federation and the United States on a potential prisoner exchange .

In September, before the referendums were held, the United States announced that it was continuing to work on a prisoner exchange with Russia through various channels, including direct channels between the Kremlin and the White House, and expressed readiness to make "difficult decisions" to return fellow citizens. The deal, according to Washington, should result in the return to their homeland of basketball player Britney Griner, who was sentenced for drug smuggling, and Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence for espionage.



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