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WASHINGTON, May 3 drug smuggling «illegally held» by the Russian authorities and is involved in the negotiations on her release of the relevant special representative of the president, confirmed White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki. «We made this determination in coordination with the hostage negotiator and the State Department. So Carstens Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens) will now deal with this,» Psaki told reporters. ESPN reported that the former United States Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson, who already has experience as an intermediary, agreed to take part in negotiations on Griner's return to the United States. In particular, the role of Richardson in the return to the United States of the former American soldier Trevor Reid, who was convicted in Russia in 2020 for attacking police officers, is indicated. At the end of April this year, the United States and Russia exchanged Reid for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was arrested in Liberia in 2010 and later extradited to the United States.