In an unprecedented prisoner swap involving Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, and the United States, two Russian individuals serving sentences related to cybercrime have been released and returned to their home nation.
This includes Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Valerevich Seleznev, two of the eight individuals who were transferred back to Russia in exchange for the release of 16 individuals who were detained; these individuals included four Americans, five Germans, and seven citizens of Russia who were detained as political prisoners.
A “feat of diplomacy,” according to US President Joe Biden, who also mentioned that “some of these women and men have been unjustly held for years.” Poland and Turkey were two more countries involved in the transfer read more about U.S. Releases High-Profile Russian Hackers in Diplomatic Prisoner Exchange.
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