The life of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer jailed in the US who may be exchanged for two US citizens detained by Moscow, looks like a far-fetched spy thriller, reports Reuters. 55-year-old Bout, who has been variously called a “merchant of death” and a “sanctions violator” for...
Russia and the US conducted a surprise prisoner swap at a time of high tension, exchanging a Marine imprisoned by Moscow for a convicted Russian drug dealer serving a lengthy prison sentence in America, Yahoo reports. A deal involving Trevor Reid, an American in…
Ukraine and Donetsk separatists exchanged prisoners for the first time in two years. Kyiv and the armed formations, the so-called LPR and DPR, handed over dozens of people to each other, including fighters of the Berkut unit accused of shooting people on the Maidan in February 2014. About it…
US President Donald Trump, ambassadors of the G7 countries, the US Embassy in Ukraine and the OSCE have responded to the prisoner swap between Ukraine and Russia. 35 political prisoners returned to Ukraine within the framework of the exchange. Writes about this TSN. In a joint statement by the US Ambassadors, ...
On Saturday, September 7, a long-awaited prisoner exchange took place between Russia and Ukraine. The BBC writes about this. How it happened In the first half of the day, a Ukrainian plane arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, and a special flight plane landed at Kiev’s Boryspil airport...
On Friday night, reports began to emerge that an exchange of detainees had begun between Russia and Ukraine. In the morning, both Moscow and Kiev said that the process of negotiations on the exchange is still ongoing. What did they say on the night of the First about the release of a number ...
The United States of America lifts sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. This was announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry, reports Associated Press. His statement was the result of official confirmation by the IAEA of the fact that Tehran fulfilled all the requirements for the implementation of the terms of the nuclear deal between Iran, ...