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Crypto Kingpin Alexander Vinnik Handed Over To Russia: US Official

US President Donald Trump's government has hailed the prisoner exchange as a positive sign for diplomacy between the two countries and for possible negotiations over an end to the Ukraine war.

Latin Times

US releases Russian cybercriminal as part of exchange for teacher Marc Fogel

Alexander Vinnik, owner and operator of cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, was arrested in 2017 for money laundering

The Guardian - US

Russian crypto expert Alexander Vinnik returns to Moscow in Russia-US prisoner swap, reports say

Russian news agencies say that Alexander Vinnik, a Russian cryptocurrency expert who faced Bitcoin fraud charges in the United States, has returned to Russia after being freed in a swap that saw Moscow’s release of American Marc Fogel

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Who is Alexander Vinnik, the Bitcoin criminal Trump freed in a prisoner exchange with Russia?

The U.S. released the BTC-e founder this week in exchange for the release of American schoolteacher Marc Fogel.

Fortune

US frees jailed Russian cybercriminal as Trump builds bridges with Moscow

Alexander Vinnik’s release came as an unnamed US citizen was also freed by Russian ally Belarus in a separate deal.

Al Jazeera

Things to know about Russia's release of American Marc Fogel and the impact on ending Ukraine war

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to begin negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine followed a prisoner swap between the two nations

The Independent UK

US Releasing Russian Crypto Kingpin Vinnik In Exchange For Fogel: Official

The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier, a White House official said Wednesday.

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The Art of the Deal? Bitcoin fraudster tied to 2016 hacking of Democrats is Russian released in exchange for U.S teacher

Alexander Vinnik, 42, a Russian citizen, was charged in a 21-count superseding indictment in January 2017

The Independent UK

Evan Gershkovich embraces his family as he lands at US airbase

The Wall Street Journal reporter has been released as part of the US and Russia’s biggest prisoner swap

Evening Standard

Russia and West ‘prepare for prisoner swap’

A series of mysterious movements of Western prisoners inside Russia on Wednesday prompted hopes of a prisoner swap

The Independent UK

Griner swap wasn't what US hoped for, but what it could get

The one-for-one swap involving Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout was not the one that U.S. officials had hoped to negotiate or were willing to accept

The Independent UK

Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence

A Russian court has started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Independent UK

Biden To Meet With Brittney Griner's Wife And Paul Whelan's Sister: Is A Prisoner Swap In The Works?

President Joe Biden will meet Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan as the White House continues to push for their releas

Benzinga

Lawyer of alleged crypto launderer urges Russia to discuss prisoner swap - letter

The lawyer of a Russian man accused of laundering more than $4 billion through the digital currency bitcoin urged Moscow on Monday to begin negotiations with the United States to include his client in a potential prisoner swap.

Reuters

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