US reporter to be freed by Russia in major prisoner swap

I lost a lot of sleep over that,

Rae says

Solely because it was where they made movies.”

She quit Japan for LA

Yeah. Absolutely cannot talk about that.”

She insist

My childhood shaped my fascination with foreign policy,

she says

By February, there was a deal on the table,

she says

I’ve definitely been followed this year,

she says

It's a hallmark of the state of relations that we're currently in,

Hardie said

Putin is, as in many other ways, imitating the Soviet secret police where he cut his teeth."

Aron,

The problem is, it's my life that's draining away while they do this,

he told the broadcaster

Antony Blinkensecretary of State

This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none,

Blinken said after Griner's release

Putin was also interested in a pre-election deal, since after then, the extremely painstaking preparatory work, involving several countries, could have been undone,

political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya speculated

In the modern history of Russia this has never happened before,

wrote Еva Merkacheva, a prominent Russian prison expert on Tuesday

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, will do that for me, but not for anyone else, and WE WILL BE PAYING NOTHING!”

Trump has repeatedly bragged about his plans to secure Gershkovich’s release if he were elected, writing in May

There are rumors about a possible exchange,

the lawyer, Olga Karlova, told the Interfax news agency

I don’t believe in coincidences; it looks like well-coordinated actions,

the lawyer said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of concern about legal repercussions for communicating with a foreign news organization

I receive requests from journalists from various international agencies asking me to clarify whether I know Paul's whereabouts, as there are rumors of a possible exchange,

his lawyer told Interfax, the Russian news agency

Brittney Grinerbasketball player

If it was left up to me in that trade, I would have went and got Paul and brought him home

Griner says

I have sent a request to the [prison] colony administration, but I'm not getting an answer,

she said

Ivan Pavlovrussian physiologist

We all hope that these are good signs,

Ivan Pavlov, a prominent human rights lawyer who fled Russia and is now based in Prague, told Reuters

For now there are more reasons for alarm than for optimism,

Russian journalist in exile Dmitry Kolezev agreed