Russian Victor But want to secretly exchange for a basketball star who threatens 10 years for cannabis in the Russian Federation

About it reports CNN with reference to sources. The Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the day before that the United States had sent a proposal to Moscow a few weeks ago for Vilan and Griner, who were considered illegally detained in the United States. President Joe Biden is directly involved in discussing this issue. But the name of the Russian Victor But, sentenced to the US for arms, is not directly called.

According to a high -ranking American official from the US Presidential Administration, Moscow did not respond to such a proposal in June, because "Tango needs two. " Paul Wilan's relatives, who has been detained in Russia since 2018, and the stars of Gnba Brittny Gruner, which the Russians were detained in February on suspicion of drug storage, urge the White House to achieve their release, in particular by exchanging prisoners, if necessary.

Griner pleaded guilty, stating that Cannabis in Russia inadvertently. She is threatened with 10 years in prison. Victor But was detained in Bangkok in March 2008 as a result of the operation of the US special services and was subsequently extracted to the United States, where he was accused of illegal supplies of weapons to Afghanistan, Angola, Liberia, Rwanda and other countries. In the future, the court adopted him a sentence of 25 years in prison.

According to the Kremlin Prescriber Dmitry Peskov, there is no agreement on the exchange. The Kremlin also warned that negotiations on possible exchange of prisoners from the United States should be quiet. Peskov stated that the public usually learns of such news after reaching the arrangements. Earlier, Focus reported that between Ukraine and the Russian Federation the greatest exchange of prisoners took place: the first soldiers from Azovstal managed to return home.