The White House says Russia launches the American teacher Mark Vogel
Fujel’s relatives said they “go beyond gratitude, comfort and exhaustion” that he would return to the house.
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And they said: “This was the period of the darkest and most painful in our lives, but today we start recovery.” “For the first time in years, our family can look to the future with hope.”
There was no immediate comment from Moscow about the release of Vogel on Tuesday.
The United States, Russia and other countries carried out a large prisoner in August, which resulted in the release of Wall Street Journal Correspondent Ivan Geshvich and CEO of American companies, Paul Willian, is among others.
But this deal excluded many other Americans who were imprisoned in Russia, including Vogel. Some have not then included in the release of Tuesday, including many major landmarks in their cases since then.
Among the United States of the National and Russian National, Ksenia Khavana, who was convicted of treason in a Russian court shortly after the exchanging prisoner of last August and was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of donating about $ 52 to a charitable institution to help Ukraine. John Kirby, a White House National Security spokesman at this time, called on the conviction and issued the ruling, “Nothing is less than revenge cruelty.”
Last October, the American Robert Gilman was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in Russia, claiming that law enforcement officers were assaulted during the prison sentence on charges of another attack, while America Stephen Hobard was sentenced to a closed trial for fighting as mercenaries in Ukraine mercenaries.
With the approaching war of Russia-Ukraine from the end of its third year, Trump’s plan to secure an end to the conflict is still unclear, although he said that the two parties would need concessions and suggested that Ukraine should accept a loss at at least some lands.
Vogel’s release and Trump’s announcement that he would send Treasury Secretary Scott Bessin to Kiev to talk with Ukraine leaders can indicate that plans may begin to crystallize.
Vice President JD Vance, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio and Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, retired General Keith Keel, later this week to the Munich Security Conference, where the situation in Ukraine will be a major topic of discussion.
Kelog told Associated Press on Monday that the others will talk to European officials about the very outlines of what Trump wants to see and measure their attention.
“We will present our expectations to the allies,” said Kelj. “When we return from Munich – we want to deliver options to the president, so when (directly) gets involved in the peace process, he knows how it looks for him.”
AP, Reuters
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