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Russia releases former U.S. marine in exchange for a pilot

2022-04-27 18:31:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Russia releases former U.S. marine in exchange for a pilot

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who had been held in Custody in Russia since 2019, was released Wednesday in exchange for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, Russia's foreign ministry said.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinchen welcomed Mr. Reed's release and said they were working to free another U.S. citizen being held in Russia, Paul Whelan.

"Trevor, a former U.S. Marine, has been released from custody," a statement from President Biden said. President Biden also stressed that he had also notified Mr. Reed's parents.

Mr. Biden did not comment on the details of the release, except that he said, "The negotiations that allowed us to bring Trevor home required difficult decisions that I do not make lightly."

The Reeds family thanked President Biden and other committed persons, saying "our family has lived a nightmare" over the past 985 days.

"The president's action may have saved Trevor's life," they said in a statement.

They said their son would tell his story when he was ready and asked that their privacy be respected at the moment.

The 30-year-old from Texas, was sentenced in 2019 after he was charged with putting the lives of two police officers in Moscow at risk while in toxic condition. He went to Russia in 2019 as a visitor. Mr. Reed dismissed the charges, while Washington called the trial "an absurd theater."

Russia had proposed a prisoner swap for Yaroshenko in July 2019 in exchange for the release of every American citizen. Yaroshenko is a pilot convicted of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine. He was arrested by US special forces in Liberia in 2010.


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