Politicians Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza at a press conference on August 2 stated that they were against pardon by the president, exchange and expulsion from the country. Kara-Murza refused to write an application for pardon, and Yashin even wrote a statement not to issue it. Nevertheless, they ended up in Germany, while the Russian authorities sent them abroad without passports (and Yashin even with a invalid Russian passport). Politics said this is a violation of the law.

The Russian Ministry of Defense on Friday published an advertising video “We are Russians, God is with us!”, In which he called for “join our own” and conclude a contract. As the Agency found out, one of the roles in the video was played by actor Tural Gasumov, who in the 2000s in Ukraine was suspected of sexual connection with a person under 16 years of age and, perhaps, was even judged for this. Details .

The completion of the largest exchange since the Cold War allowed Western publications to report on how the deal was prepared (without fear of harming the participants in the exchange). "Agency" has compiled a chronology of the preparation of this deal, as retold by Western sources. Fall 2022 : Moscow told Washington, which was trying to free Paul Whelan and Britney Griner, that it was interested in exchanging them for FSB hitman Vadim Krasikov. At the time, U.S.

In the summer of next year, Gelendzhik will open the largest wine entertainment center in Russia. It is not entirely clear to whom he belongs, but his companies are being built, which were engaged in the construction of the Palace of Vladimir Putin located near the city, as well as other objects of public importance. Details. The shopping and entertainment complex (TRK) “Wine City” is being erected on the shore of the Gelendzhik Bay on the site of the former boarding house “Stroitel”.

Tatyana Usmanova, the wife of another exchanged political prisoner, Andrei Pivovarov, told the Agency about this. Kara-Murza's lawyer also reported this. According to Usmanova, Kara-Murza, her husband and Ilya Yashin are in a hospital near Cologne, undergoing examination. She emphasized that she had spoken to him on the phone: "Volodya is here. I spoke to Volodya on the phone two hours ago." On Thursday evening, Kara-Murza’s lawyer also informed the Agency that he was in Germany.

Vladimir Putin considers his friend Vadim Krasikov, convicted in Germany for life imprisonment for the murder in the center of Berlin of the Chechen field commander. This information was received by one of the developers of the plan for the exchange of prisoners with Russia, the special representative of the US State Department James Rubin, writes The New York Times. Moscow agreed to exchange only after Washington included Krasikov in the alleged deal. Details .