BoulderAndBrunch t1_jeb9ha0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:28 PM

Reply to comment by NKinCode in Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges by jack_lafouine

The world has moved on from Viktor. He was to no real value to us. Maybe some hyped victory over USA propaganda for Putin but that’s it. Man was going to die in prison and is no threat to the USA.

NKinCode t1_jebn6ec wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:54 PM

He wasn’t a threat, supposedly. Regardless, it’s not as if we HAVE to trade him again. There are other prisoners who have high value that Russia could want.

BoulderAndBrunch t1_jec7vl2 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:15 PM

Like who? We don’t have many big name Russian prisoners.

NKinCode t1_jecgsfi wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:20 AM

No one knew who this Russian prisoner was before he was in the talks to be released. I’m sure there are more. If there aren’t more, there can be in the future. Also, it’s not ONLY prisoner exchanges that happen. Russians can ask for different trades. When we don’t have to be in Russia for reliable news it makes less sense to put ourselves in the position to HAVE to trade