MOSCOW, April 28 — Russia and the United States swapped prisoners Wednesday despite fierce tensions over Ukraine, with Moscow handing over a jailed ex-Marine in exchange for a Russian pilot convicted of drug smuggling.
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the exchange was carried out on Wednesday after “a lengthy negotiations process”. US President Joe Biden said in a statement the swap required “difficult decisions that I do not take lightly”. Reed was sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court in July 2020 after allegedly attacking police officers while drunk.
Russian television meanwhile reported that Yaroshenko had already arrived back in the country, showing him in an emotional reunion with his wife Victoria and their daughter Ekaterina at a Moscow airport.
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