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#BBCNews - #Russia to free #Evan #Gershkovich and Paul #Whelan in major prisoner swap
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c29d6k382k5o
#FreeEvanGershkovich #JournalismIsNotACrime

How $50 for Ukraine led to desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia

Amateur ballerina #Ksenia #Karelina, an American and Russian dual citizen who celebrated the new year with a trip to Istanbul with her partner Chris van Heerden, a South African professional boxer, before heading to Russia to visit family, was 🔸arrested and detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on 28 January🔸 in her hometown of Yekaterinburg, about 1,100 miles east of Moscow.
Karelina may be the latest victim in a chess match over detainees between the US and Russia, which dates back more than 15 years when, in 2008, the US Drug Enforcement Administration arrested #Viktor #Bout, a former Soviet military officer and translator, on conspiracy charges. Bout was eventually traded in 2022 for the WNBA champion #Brittney #Griner, who Russian officials had arrested for possessing vaporizer cartridges containing less than a gram of hash oil.

In March last year, Russian officials arrested the Wall Street Journal reporter #Evan #Gershkovich in the same place as Karelina, Yekaterinburg. Gershkovich and the ex-US marine #Paul #Whelan, arrested in 2018, are being held on bogus espionage charges, according to the US government.

In January, Moscow also arrested the English teacher #Robert #Woodland #Romanov, a dual US-Russian citizen, on drug charges.

And now Karelina.
Van Heerden is desperate to raise awareness and money for his partner’s legal defense and return.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/los-angeles-ballerina-russia-treason-charges?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Viktor #Bout’s Lawyer Confirms That #Trump Passed on Deal for Paul #Whelan, Skewers Don Jr.’s Tweet About ‘Terrorist’ Client

Attorney Steve Zissou: “Actually, they didn’t even make much of a deal about it, and they really did lose an opportunity to get Whelan home.”

https://lawandcrime.com/objections-podcast/viktor-bouts-lawyer-confirms-that-trump-passed-on-deal-for-paul-whelan-skewers-don-jr-s-tweet-about-terrorist-client

9 dec 2022 ⬇️

Convicted #Russian operative Maria #Butina appeared on Russian TV to assert that it was Russia's decision that Brittney #Griner was exchanged for Viktor #Bout (as opposed to Paul #Whelan), describing it as "an offer that can't be refused" & boasting about Russia's "position of power."

#RussianMediaMonitor #RussiaIsATerroristState

9 dec 2022 ⬇️

Meanwhile in #Russia: top state TV #propagandists reveal the narrative they'll be pushing to harm #Biden and enrage #Americans about the exchange of Brittney #Griner for Viktor #Bout by falsely claiming that it wasn't Russia's decision to oppose #Whelan's release, as opposed to Griner.

#RussianMediaMonitor #RussiaIsATerroristState