“What a “stupid” and unpatriotic shame for the United States,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

In his opinion, the exchange deal is not equivalent.

Earlier, the lawyer of the Russian Viktor Bout, Alexei Tarasov, spoke on the RT stream “Beautiful Russia boo-boo-boo” about the progress of negotiations on the exchange of Bout for Greiner.

On December 8, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the exchange of Greiner for Bout.