"Exchange" agreed
American imprisoned in Russia released
The White House announced a "prisoner exchange" with Russia on Tuesday. As part of the agreement, a US citizen who had been imprisoned for years for drug smuggling has been released.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The US special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, left Russian airspace together with Marc Fogel, the White House announced. Fogel was arrested at a Moscow airport in 2021 and later sentenced to prison for drug smuggling. Fogel had previously worked as a teacher in Russia for years.
"Sign of goodwill" in Moscow
According to the White House, US President Donald Trump, Witkoff and other advisors had negotiated an "exchange" with Moscow, which was a "sign of goodwill" on the part of the Russians. This was seen as "a sign that we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine". Washington gave no further details.
First high-level trip to Russia since November 2021
According to the New York Times, Witkoff traveled to Moscow by private jet. This is the first known trip by a high-ranking US official to Moscow since November 2021 - a few months before the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The then CIA Director Bill Burns was in Russia for talks at the time.
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