The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) said on Thursday that it helped mediate the prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. There has been no official confirmation of the exchange from either Washington or Moscow, but media reports indicated Wall Street Journal reporter...
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan have been released as part of a major prisoner swap with the United States, according to a Fox News report on Thursday.Both men were imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, and according to Russia Today, they...
United States State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller disclosed on Tuesday that Moscow rejected Washington's proposal for the release of Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and former American marine Paul Whelan who have been "wrongfully" detained in Russia.
During the...
United States Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy (pictured) visited detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Friday, the US Embassy said in a post on X.
"#AmbTracy visited wrongfully detained @WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich today at Lefortovo Prison. He remains strong and is...
Russia would be only interested in a prisoner exchange that would include Vadim Krasikov, a Russian citizen sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Unidentified Western officials told the newspaper that Krasikov could be used in a potential swap for United...
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is said to have spoken to Paul Whelan (pictured), a former American marine detained in Russia since 2018 on espionage charges, people familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday.
According to the sources, the US secretary of state assured...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov denied any additional negotiations with Washington on the further exchange of prisoners serving sentences in Russia and the United States on Tuesday.
"I don't know what they have in mind. As the president has already said, our department is...
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (pictured) stated Thursday that today's prisoner exchange was not a bad deal while adding that the administration had not made any additional concessions to the Russian side to achieve it.
The White House press secretary further emphasized that...
American citizen Paul Whelan (pictured), who is jailed in Russia over alleged espionage, said on Thursday that he is "disappointed" the administration of United States President Joe Biden failed to secure his release as it struck a deal to free basketball player Brittney Griner.
"I am greatly disappointed...
The United States and Russia are in talks about the potential release of basketball player Brittney Griner (pictured) and ex-marine Paul Whelan, Elizabeth Rood, chargée d'affaires of the US mission to Russia told RIA Novosti in an interview released on Monday.
Rood said the US has contacted...
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