The American has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021 for allegations of drug smuggling.
The convicted American teacher Marc Fogel, who was released on Russian prison on Tuesday, landed in the United States to meet US President Donald Trump, the White House said. TASR informs AFP and AP.
“We kept what we promised !!!
According to Trump, another American will be released on Wednesday. According to the AP, he refused to give details such as the name or country of origin, he added that it would be someone “very special”.
Trump refused to tell if he spoke about Fogel with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Fogel, however, praised Putin as “a very generous statesman for granting me grace”.
The US President answered the question of the conditions of the exchange: “Very fair, very fair, very reasonable. Not as the agreements you have seen over the past years. They were very fair ”.
The American has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021 for allegations of drug smuggling. According to his family, he was sentenced to 14 years for the preservation of medical marijuana. The administration of former US President Joe Biden’s former was unlawfully detained in December.
