President Biden said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the fate of U.S. citizens detained in Russia during the leaders' summit in Geneva.
Reed is a former U.S. Marine who was sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison last year after he was convicted of assaulting a police officer during a night out in Moscow. Whelan, also a former Marine, was arrested in 2018 on charges of acting as a spy for the United States. At the time he was arrested, Whelan was visiting Russia to attend a wedding, according to his brother David Whelan.Former U.S.
In the days leading up to the summit, Reed's parents publicly appealed to Biden to seek their son's release. They've also said they wouldn't object to a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington if it meant the return of their son. "We don't care how he comes home, if they want to exchange Trevor for some criminals that you know are low-level criminals or whatever," Trevor's father, Joey Reed, said on NBC's "TODAY" show on Monday.
"We're fine with that. We want our son home," said Trevor's mother, Paula Reed. David Whelan, however, has expressed concerns about the idea of a prisoner swap.
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