The U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs says he is confident that two Americans detained by Russia can be brought home.
. Griner was arrested last year at a Moscow airport and detained for nearly 10 months on drug-related charges.As his team attempts to free Americans from detention in countries such as Russia, Iran or Venezuela, Carstens compares the speed and urgency of their work to a hospital emergency room.
"It's pretty much all the hostages, all detainees, all day long," he says."We have 30 to 40 cases. The second I hang up this call, we're going to go right back into battle."On what Russia wants in exchange for Evan Gershkovich We're not entirely sure. My sense is that we've done enough spadework to where we can start putting things in the realm of the possible. But here's something that we've had to tell interested parties pretty much in the three years that I've been in this job, and that is that we can't go into too much detail....in the 26 months of the Biden administration, we've brought back 26 Americans. And we will bring Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich home.
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