Former US President Donald Trump has called for more information on how the exchange of pardoned prisoners between Russia and Western countries takes place. This was reported by Top.
He was wondering when the American side would make public the details of the prisoner exchange with the Russian Federation. Trump asked how many people Moscow had transferred and whether the West had paid for it.
According to the ex-president, the US has stopped making good deals on prisoner exchanges.
Earlier, Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Vedant Patel statedThe prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States will not entail changes in relations between Moscow and Washington.
August 1 Russia and the USA exchanged 26 prisoners at the airport in the capital of Turkey. Two planes from the Russian Federation arrived in Ankara to carry out the exchange. According to the news of the NTV channel, two children were on the list.
The Russian side will accept 8 of its citizens, and 12 prisoners will be transferred to Germany. Among the Americans on the list are journalists Evan Gershkovich and Marine Paul Whelan, as well as journalist Alsou Kurmasheva. Among the Russians is Vadim Krasikov, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany. Details in the material “Newspapers.Ru”.
Formerly FSB showed part of a prisoner swap operation.