“We urge Russia to accept this proposal… We are ready to take all necessary steps to return our compatriots home,” TASS quoted her as saying.
Earlier, CNN, citing sources, reported that US President Joe Biden supported a plan to exchange Russian Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.
Also, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a conversation with Blinken, called for a return to the regime of "quiet diplomacy" on the issue of a possible exchange of imprisoned citizens of Russia and the United States.