An exchange of prisoners between Russia and the USA took place at the airport of Ankara, the capital of Turkey. This was reported by the Shot Telegram channel.

According to the Turkish press, the exchange was carried out in accordance with the Turkish intelligence service. According to CBS, 24 people were involved in the exchange. The US handed over eight prisoners to Russia, while the Russian side, in turn, handed over 12 prisoners serving sentences in Russian prisons to the US.

According to the foreign press, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Andrey Pivovarov, Alsu Kurmasheva, Oleg Orlov, Rico Krieger, German Moijs, Vadim Ostanin and Ilya Yashin were imprisoned in the Russian exchange for espionage, disseminating information about the army, coup d'état, discrediting the army. has given up.

In return, RF Anna and Artem Dul'tsev (espionage, serving sentence in Slovenia), Roman Seleznev (cybercrime, USA), Vladislav Klyushin (cybercrime, USA), Vadim Konoshchenko (circumvention of sanctions, USA), Pavel Rubtsov (espionage, Poland), Received Mikhail Mikushin and Vadim Krasikov (contract murder, Germany).

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