Historic US-Russia Prisoner Swap: What's Putin's Main Interest

Historic US-Russia prisoner swap: What is Putin's main interest Petro Sineoky

The West and Russia have carried out the largest prisoner exchange since the Cold War. Putin was probably especially interested in one person.

The chairperson of the “Sided Rus'” charity foundation, Olga Romanova, told Channel about this, noting that this is truly an unprecedented event. The exchange turned out to be large-scale. And there is hope that over time it will also be possible to return all Ukrainian prisoners home.

Who Putin Wanted to Return

According to Romanova, it is quite possible that this exchange had been in preparation for several years. Even at one time they said that they could exchange Russian politician Alexei Navalny.

Obviously, the Biden administration played a big role in this exchange. They wanted to bring American citizens home. But Putin probably wanted to take back the killer Vadim Krasikov, who killed the Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Germany.

I think he wanted to bring back Krasikov, who had a life sentence in Germany. There is little information about him. He has been silent for all these five years, – said Romanova.