Marine veteran Paul Whelan, now the highest-profile American imprisoned in Russia, was the subject of a dead-end negotiation over the summer, according to a U.S. official.
, now the highest-profile American imprisoned in Russia, was the subject of a dead-end negotiation over the summer, according to a U.S. official.for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian assassin who is part of the Kremlin's domestic spy organization — and who is being detained in Germany for murder.
At that time, the Biden administration was saying repeatedly that the Russians were refusing to engage in good faith, and that they were not putting substantive offers on the table. That language specifically referred to the Krasikov proposal, since Russia knew that he was not in U.S. custody, and therefore, the U.S. had no authority to release him.
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