CNN: USA and Russia is changing its prisoners — only 24 people

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Photo: cnn.com
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Right now, the process of prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States is taking place. This is reported by the American television company CNN, I suggest watching the process live.

According to a senior administration official, it is expected that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan, convicted of Russia for espionage. According to CNN, there are 24 people on the exchange lists between Russia and Western countries. This is the largest such event in recent years.

In the near future, 8 Russian citizens will return to their homeland, adds another American television company CBS.

It should be noted that earlier a number of Russian sources reported that an An-148−100E aircraft with the number RA-61727 landed in Kaliningrad this morning, which in December 2022 was used in the exchange of Russian Viktor Bout, who had served almost 15 years in the United States, for American basketball player Brittney Griner.