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US presidential candidate Donald Trump has sharply criticized the prisoner exchange between Russia and the West. It was a "victory for Putin". "The Russians have made a great deal", Trump said in a TV interview.
While it was "wonderful" that the journalist Evan Gershkovich had returned home, "these deals are so bad that they will lead to tremendous kidnappings". Trump had repeatedly boasted in the past that he would be able to secure Gershkovich's release, but only if he was re-elected.
Now he is using the prisoner exchange to lash out at US President Joe Biden. He and presidential candidate Kamala Harris are "not respected" on the international stage.
"Are we letting murderers go free?"
As reported, 16 prisoners were released in the exchange, including former US soldier Paul Whelan and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva (see video above). The Russian leadership, its ally Belarus and, on the other side, the governments of Germany, the USA and three other NATO states completed the prisoner exchange in Ankara on Thursday afternoon.
The former president speculated on his online platform Truth Social about the details of the prisoner exchange. "Will we also pay them money? Do we release murderers, manslayers or thugs?" he asked. The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, replied that no concessions had been made. No money had been paid and no sanctions against Russia had been eased.
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