Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that more US-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible if Moscow and Washington find a compromise. 9News
Putin spoke a day after Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was swapped for WNBA star andAsked after a summit in Kyrgyzstan whether other prisoners could be swapped, Putin replied that "everything is possible," noting that "compromises have been found" that cleared the way for Thursday's exchange of Griner for Bout.Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the US releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
The Michigan corporate security executive has been imprisoned in Russia since December 2018 on espionage charges that his family and the US government have said are baseless.US officials said they did not see an immediate path to bringing about Whelan's release, saying Russia has treated his case differently because of the "sham espionage" charges against him.
US President Joe Biden tweeted photos of Brittney Griner's wife, Cherelle, at the White House on Thursday morning. On a similar note, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was Russian and US intelligence agencies that agreed to exchange Bout for Griner and their contacts were focused exclusively on hammering out its specifics.
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