American media: Biden proposed to Russia to "change prison", "King of War" changed to two Americans

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

Intern Zeng Zheng

On July 28, CNN stated in an exclusive report that according to people familiar with the matter, after several months of internal debate, the Bayeng government has proposed to Russia to "change prisoners" and take the Russian arms smuggling Victor in the United States to serve in the United States. Bott exchange in Russia's arrested American Women's Professional Basketball League (WNBA) star player Brittini Grina and American citizen Paul Weilan, who was convicted of spy in Russia.

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People familiar with the matter said that the "change of prisoner" planned to discuss earlier this year and was supported by the US President Biden. Moreover, Biden's support for the plan "covered" the opposition from the Ministry of Justice. It is understood that the US Department of Justice is usually opposed to "changing prisoners".

According to Reuters, on July 27, local time, US Secretary of State Brills stated that the United States proposed a "substantial suggestion" to Russia in the "a few weeks ago" in order to promote (Grina and Wilan) to be released. "I will follow this dialogue to follow up in person, hoping to reach a solution."

Blindken said at the press conference that day that Biden "directly participated" and signed the proposal. Although he did not directly confirm that Bott was part of the "transaction" and said that "we can't and will not disclose any details we have proposed to Russia for a few weeks", but he said, "As far as the president is concerned, he is not only not only he is not only not only the president, not only he is not only not only for president Participating directly, and also signed our proposal, especially the Americans who were detained abroad abroad, of course, this is also included. "

In addition, Brinken also said that he intends to talk to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov this week to communicate related matters.

In this regard, the CNN analysis believes that this move may be related to the November election. "Some officials quietly acknowledged in a private interview to ensure that they (Greni and Wilan) were released before the mid -term elections in November. An urgent 'political victory' in the White House. "

In February of this year, when two Olympic gold medals, when they went to Russia to participate in the competition, they were detained at Moscow airports because they were found to be an electronic smoke ammunition containing marble oil in luggage. In June, British media reported that Grona's detention time was extended again. In July, Grona acknowledged the crime of holding drugs in Russian courts, but denied that he had intentionally violated the law. At the same time, a letter of help from Biden was exposed by the media.

Weilan is a former member of the US Marine Corps and was sent to Iraq. In 2018, he was arrested for espionage in Moscow. In June 2020, the Moscow Court ruled that his spy was established and he was sentenced to 16 years of imprisonment.

The nickname of the Russian arms smuggling Victor Bott is "Death Merchant", which is said to be the prototype of the film "The King of War" starring the film "The King of War" starring the Oscar actor Nicholas Cage.

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