The exchange was facilitated by Turkey.
Convicted in Russia to 9 years in prison for a fight Trevor Reed, an American student, was exchanged for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, convicted in the United States for drug trafficking, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
According to Yaroshenko's wife, the exchange took place in Turkey. Russian television showed Reed being taken to Vnukovo Airport and boarded a plane. Yaroshenko has already arrived in Sochi from Turkey.
The United States has also confirmed that American student Trevor Reed is returning home. In particular, President Joe Biden said talks on Reed's exchange required “difficult decisions” that “were not easy for him.” and other Americans.
Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko was arrested in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, in 2010 and then extradited to the United States, where Yaroshenko was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking.
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Texas student Trevor Reed, who was in Russia on a tourist visa, was detained in August 2019 over a loud quarrel with two girls on Leningrad Highway. According to the indictment, the American resisted the arrest, and in a patrol car attacked the driver, tore his uniform, and hit his partner. In July 2020, he was sentenced to nine years in prison . He was serving a term in Mordovia, complaining about injuries received in the colony and symptoms of tuberculosis, and went on a hunger strike due to the fines he received.
