Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that more U.S.-Russian prisoner exchanges are possible if Moscow and Washington find a compromise.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at his news conference after the Summit of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.
“We aren’t refusing to continue this work in the future,” the Russian leader said, making his first comments about the closely watched trade.Despite negotiating for Griner’s release, the most high-profile American jailed abroad, the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan. The Michigan corporate security executive has been imprisoned in Russia since December 2018 on espionage charges that his family and the U.S. government have said are baseless.
Putin said the U.S.-Russia talks that resulted in Thursday’s exchange didn’t touch on other subjects. “It has no impact on the overall state of bilateral ties that looks sad,” Peskov said in televised remarks.
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