The United States and Russia are holding talks regarding the possible exchange of prisoners, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday.
The two nations are using a confidential channel to discuss swapping prisoners, notably Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, per Russian state agency TASS. Gershokovich has been in Russian captivity for a little over one year.
FILE – Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted from a court hearing in Moscow on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Gershkovich was detained on espionage charges in March 2023, an accusation that he, his employer, and the U.S. government deny. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
“[The] dialogue on this topic is being conducted through a specialized closed channel,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters. He said he was not authorized to speak on “the signals that pass through this channel.”
Ryabkov was
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