{"id":32232,"date":"2022-12-01T23:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T23:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/01\/marine-vets-prisoner-swap-still-possible-russian-diplomat-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:19","slug":"marine-vets-prisoner-swap-still-possible-russian-diplomat-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2022\/12\/01\/marine-vets-prisoner-swap-still-possible-russian-diplomat-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine vet\u2019s prisoner swap still possible, Russian diplomat says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/brittney-griner\" target=\"_blank\">WNBA star Brittney Griner<\/a> and another American jailed in Russia, Marine veteran and Michigan corporate security executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/tags\/paul-whelan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Whelan<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/07\/28\/marine-vets-prisoner-swap-needs-to-be-quiet-russia-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/04\/28\/the-story-of-trevor-reed-the-marine-veteran-released-in-russia-prisoner-swap\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22047677830391.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The story of Trevor Reed, the Marine veteran released in Russia prisoner swap<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A look at who Trevor Reed is, why he was imprisoned and what will happen now.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked by reporters whether a swap is possible before the year\u2019s end, Russia\u2019s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, responded: \u201cThere always is a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRegrettably, there have been a few occasions when it seemed that a decision in favor of it was about to be made, but it never happened,\u201d Ryabkov said without elaborating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the Russian Foreign Ministry was not currently engaged in any dialogue on the subject with the U.S., \u201cso we aren\u2019t feeling full dynamics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryabkov noted that a prisoner swap \u201cwould undoubtedly send a positive signal that not everything is so utterly hopeless in Russian-U.S. relations.\u201d \u201cSuch a signal would be appropriate, if we could work it out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian diplomat reiterated Moscow\u2019s call for the U.S. to discuss the issue discreetly and refrain from making public statements. He lamented that \u201cWashington has been abusing \u2018loudspeaker diplomacy\u2019 instead of a quiet one, which didn\u2019t help us to do business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence in Russia after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/01\/02\/marine-veteran-detained-by-russia-on-suspicion-of-espionage-was-an-admin-clerk-while-in-the-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">being convicted on espionage charges that he denied<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/12\/20\/marine-veteran-jailed-in-russia-on-spying-charges-loses-job\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19144388647674.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine veteran jailed in Russia on spying charges loses job<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Michigander had been director of global security for BorgWarner, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, but that role was eliminated Dec. 13 in a corporate restructuring announced in April.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His brother David said Tuesday that officials at the prison colony where Whelan is held said he was moved to the prison hospital on November 17. David Whelan questioned the reason for the transfer, saying his brother had not complained of any health conditions that required hospitalization and appeared healthy and well to the U.S. Embassy staff who visited him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also wondered why Whelan wasn\u2019t allowed to make phone calls from the hospital and expressed concern he either may have an emergency medical issue that was not being disclosed or in fact had been placed in solitary confinement by prison authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this month, Griner began serving a nine-year sentence for drug possession at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brittney-griner-entertainment-sports-moscow-treatment-of-prisoners-b45b6df32280381a9cb3911a87bc7294\" target=\"_blank\">a Russian penal colony<\/a> in Mordovia, about 350 kilometers (210 miles) east of Moscow, after a Russian court had rejected her appeal of her August conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The all-star center with the WNBA\u2019s Phoenix Mercury and two-time Olympic gold medal winner was detained in February when customs agents said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters in her luggage but testified she packed them inadvertently in her haste to make her flight and had no criminal intent. 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