Russia and the United States exchanged impressions – Kommersant FM – Kommersant
A necessary Russian convicted of trafficking was exchanged for American basketball player Brittney Griner. Viktor Bout has already returned home. Transfer The summary was made in Abu Dhabi, officially confirmed by the Russian Foreign Ministry and the White House. Viktor Bout received 25 years in prison in the United States for selling illegal Colombian education, 14 of them he spent in prison. Brittney Greinervaccine in Russia for throwing out years for the fact that hash oil was found in an electronic cigarette at Sheremetyevo Airport. The court ruled it was drug smuggling.
Desktop wallpapers are pardoned and sent to the United Arab Emirates, where they are exchanged. It is reported that Mr. Bout has already visited Russia, and Brittney Griner is still on her way to the United States – Joe Biden contacted her by phone. What does this exchange say?
Viktor Bout’s Russian lawyer, Aleksey Binetsky, shared with Kommersant FM his first reaction and some paradoxical conclusions: “Very good news, defiant that they are Russia’s main partner and ally. But here it is not Mr. Bout who is interesting, but for whom he was exchanged. I do not consider this exchange equal. But anyway, it’s good.”
President Joe Biden called the increased risk of the exchange tense, and will also definitely continue to work on the return of sick people. Among them, for example, is former Marine Paul Whelan, who has been irritated for 16 years for espionage.
After reports of Mrs. Greiner being sent home, Paul Whelan, David told Kommersant FM that he had told about the deal in advance, and the family managed to mentally prepare for the fact that not their relative would fly to the United States. According to David Whelan, there is now a strong possibility that his brother will have no hope of finding a home.
However, Sergey Kostyaev, a lecturer at the University of Delaware, believes that the new exchanges are quite acceptable: “Obviously, the Kremlin is quite capable of negotiating in this regard. Moscow is signaling that it is ready to exchange people. The process is connected with Washington and Moscow as a technical issue. That is, it is perceived as a separate segment of bilateral relations.
Do Brittney Griner and Victor Bout have any prospects of making something unusual for them appropriate in their homeland? Not sure. Perhaps they are making a feature film or a documentary about them, but most likely they will have a private life, ordinary citizens who do not touch politics.”
In the meantime, the State Duma announced that Viktor Bout would soon be invited to a meeting of the RIAC Committee on Affairs of the Lower Parliament.
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