Prisoners

In May of 2022 a prisoner swap between Russian Konstantin Yaroshenko and American Trevor Reed brought Reed home after he spent 2 years in prison. Yaroshenko was convicted of smuggling $100 million dollars worth of cocaine into the US and Reed was convicted of assaulting a police officer. Yesterday American basketball player Brittney Griner was part of a prisoner swap for Russian Viktor Bout. Griner was convicted of having marijuana and Bout, known as the Merchant of Death, was convicted of conspiracy to kill US citizens and officials and delivering anti aircraft missiles to terrorist organizations. Some controversy arose since American Paul Whelan is still held by Russia. He was accused of being a spy and has been held in jail for four years.