For the first time, Russia has confirmed that negotiations with the United States are underway for a prisoner exchange to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, according to a report from the Washington Post.
For the first time, Russia has confirmed that negotiations with the United States are underway for a prisoner exchange to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, according to aRussia has confirmed that negotiations with the United States are underway for a prisoner exchange to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S.
Lavrov said that Moscow was “ready to discuss” a swap, but it must be done privately through a channel established by President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Geneva last yearand sentenced to nine years in prison. Whelan was arrested in 2018 on spying charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2016; he and his family maintain that the charges against him were manufactured.
"It is important for Brittney to come home," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said last week. "It is important for Paul Whelan to come home. The president is going to work every day very hard with his national security team to make that happen.”to bring Brittney and Paul Whelan home,” she added. “They need to be home. They should be home. They are being wrongfully detained.
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