Poland played crucial role in large-scale prisoner exchange with Russia - Tusk
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (photo: Getty Images)
A major prisoner exchange between the US and Russia took place with active involvement from the intelligence services of the Republic of Poland, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“The prisoner exchange operation has just ended, thanks to which Russian opposition heroes and citizens of NATO countries detained in Russia left Russia. The action was possible thanks to the involvement of our state,” he wrote.
Tusk thanked President Andrzej Duda and the Polish intelligence services for their exemplary cooperation.
Właśnie zakończyła się operacja wymiany więźniów, dzięki której Rosję opuścili bohaterowie rosyjskiej opozycji oraz obywatele państw NATO, przetrzymywani w Rosji. Akcja była możliwa dzięki zaangażowaniu naszego państwa. Dziękuję Prezydentowi i służbom za wzorową współpracę.
— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) August 1, 2024
Large-scale prisoner exchange between Russia and the West
On Thursday, August 1, a large-scale prisoner exchange took place between Germany and the US on one side, and Russia and Belarus on the other.
Moscow returned its spies, a killer, and other criminals in exchange for political prisoners and illegally convicted Americans and Germans.
Notably, Russia released Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan.
For more details on the case of German citizen Rico Krieger and how he managed to secure a pardon, read the full article by RBC-Ukraine.
