“When we talk about the transfer of Russians, it’s not at all necessary that this is a one-on-one transfer or that it will exclusively be Paul Whelan,” he told Izvestia.
According to Tarasov, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia was ready to exchange Bout and Yaroshenko for imprisoned Americans.
“There are now more than one American in Russian prisons, that is, it could be an exchange of several prisoners,” the lawyer said.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the possible exchange of American prisoner Paul Whelan convicted in the United States for Buta or Yaroshenko convicted in the United States.