Around two to three months ago....this US female basketball player flew into Russia....to play for her team there....only to be found with cannabis 'vape'. Arrested and held.....this has turned into a fairly large circus event to get her free.
So, in these talks with Russia.....the US got talked into offering a Russian who is held on a 20-year prison sentence....arms-dealer type.
Then in the past few days....Russia asked for another prisoner (because the US put a 2nd citizen on the list).
Who the Russians want? Well....the Tiergarten 'killer'....a Russian guy (possibly FSB/KGB killer) who shot some guy in a Berlin park....back in August of 2019.
The 'rest' of the story?
The dead guy from the Berlin park....was a Chechen-born guy. From most news sites....he's regarded as a potential bad-guy who roamed around, and some think that the FSB was simply cleaning up a long-standing 'problem'.
The Germans caught this agent-guy, and he was finally convicted of a life sentence back in December 2021. The odd thing.....neither this convicted guy or the Russians have ever admitted that they were connected.
Likely nature of the Germans agreeing to some trade? Well....they'd want something in return....which means either the US or Russia has to cough up someone, but then admit that trading was perfectly acceptable to the German news media.
If the Germans refuse? I would guess that the female basketball player remains in jail....for her cannabis-vape crime. If I were the Germans....I'd demand that Turkey has to release some prisoner, and involve at least one or two other countries beyond the US and Russia.
Yeah, it's becoming a bit complicated to figure the end-result.
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