MOSCOW, Aug 2 Megaphone diplomacy will not lead to results in the exchange of prisoners between the Russian Federation and the United States , the information should be discrete, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. On Monday, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said. that the United States received a counter offer from Russia regarding the exchange of prisoners, but does not consider it serious. She refused to disclose the details of the deal under discussion, but, according to local media, the Americans are ready to give up Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, while the Russian side allegedly requested another compatriot.
July 29, 20:27Lavrov and Blinken discussed the exchange of prisoners and the situation in Ukraine»No, we still believe that any information exchanges on this topic should be discrete, here megaphone diplomacy, a public exchange of positions will not lead to a result,» Peskov told reporters in response to a request to clarify what specific proposal Jean-Pierre was talking about. Last week, the topic of prisoners was discussed during the first telephone conversation since February between Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Foreign Minister RF Sergey Lavrov. As a result of the conversation, CNN reported that the Russian side allegedly requested the inclusion of the Russian Vadim Krasikov, who is in custody in Germany, in the deal. Russia calls on the United States to return to dialogue in the mode of «quiet diplomacy». /2022/08/b74703031ee992682cbb1e2514729a6c.jpg» />July 31, 8:44 pm
