“Putin and Biden, among other topics in Geneva, touched upon this issue, agreed that through the relevant security services that oversee this direction both here and in Washington, talks will be held to agree on some generally acceptable options.

So far we haven’t come to any option, ”Lavrov said at a press conference following his visit to New York for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.

According to him, the United States is interested in taking its citizens, but does not take the wishes of the Russian side very seriously.

He noted that the Americans are primarily interested in Paul Whelan, convicted of espionage, whose crime is incomparable with the reasons for which Konstantin Yaroshenko and Viktor Bout are serving their sentences.

On August 30, it became known that more than 9 thousand Russian citizens are in foreign penitentiary institutions with different procedural status.