The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had exchanged Trevor Reed, a former US Marine in a Russian prison, for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States, Reuters reported.
This news, according to Reuters, was also confirmed by US President Joe Biden.
"Trevor, a former US Marine, has been released from Russian custody," Biden said.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that "the exchange of prisoners is the result of a long-term negotiation process," according to Reuters.
In 2020, Reid was sentenced to nine years in prison after being accused of attacking two Russian police officers a year earlier.
On the other hand, Yaroshenko is a pilot who served a 20-year sentence in the US for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the country. He was arrested by US special forces in Liberia in 2010.
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