Brittney Griner is swapped for Viktoe Bout, the Merchand of Death.
The Times writes on The Other Guys - two Americans known to be stuck in Russia.
Paul Whelan's saga could be titled The Accidental Spy. The US insists he's just a tourist caught in a web of Soviet lies but his life reads like the profile of a spy from a Le Csrre novel: multiple passports, a law enforcement/ military background, and a deep interest in Russia which had grown to include a large number of on-line and In Real Life Russian friends.
Marc Fogel has been a teacher at the Anglo-American school in Moscow. A great way to meet lots of parents and recruit for the CIA? The Russians may think so, and it seems weird that the US has yet to declare him to have been unlawfully detained:
Marc Fogel, 61, was arrested in August 2021 when he tried to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana that had been prescribed for chronic pain. A native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Fogel had been teaching in Russia for a decade, capping a long career at international schools in countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Oman and Malaysia.
In any case, the US has run out of high level Russians to offer in a swap. Not good.
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