Regarding the exchange of custody between the United States and Russia and the release of both parties, Russian President Putin said that the negotiations were a proposal from the United States and said, "Other exchanges are also possible." Implied about the liberation of Americans.
Greiner, an American women's professional basketball player who was detained in February this year in Russia and was sentenced to prison, was released on the 8th in exchange for a Russian person who was in prison in the United States.
At a press conference for Russian media held on the 9th in Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, where he was visiting, Putin said that the security agency FSB = Federal Security Service was in charge of the negotiations, and said, "It was led by the American side. President Biden We proposed and we agreed."
He said, "Contact between intelligence agencies continues. Are other exchanges possible? Anything is possible. We will not refuse this work in the future." It has implications for the release of detained US former Marines.
Asked whether the talks implied the possibility of a broader dialogue with the United States, Putin replied, "We did not aim to move from this negotiation to another. Other issues have not been discussed," he said, showing a negative view.