Russia says ties with US still in ‘crisis’ despite prisoner swap

MOSCOW, 10 December 2022, (TON): Russia said Friday that its ties with the United States were still in crisis despite a prisoner swap involving US basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Tensions between Moscow and Washington have soared in recent months over a range of issues, peaking after President Vladimir Putin sent troops into pro-Western Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told “it is probably wrong to draw any hypothetical conclusions that this could be a step toward overcoming the crisis that we currently have in bilateral relations.”

He said “ties continue to remain in a sad state.”

He added that talks with US authorities allowed a Russian citizen, who was basically held captive by the Americans for 14 years to return to his country.

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