Russian State Duma Deputy Sergey Obuhkov said on Friday that the US should swap Julian Assange for the WSJ reporter arrested by Russia.
If Moscow decides on a prisoner swap involving Evan Gershkovich, it should ask for Julian Assange’s release from a British dungeon, Russian State Duma Deputy Sergey Obuhkov said on Friday.
Obuhkov, a Russian Communist Party MP, told reporters that some members of the Duma have already proposed offering political asylum to former US President Donald Trump and trading him for Gershkovich.
“I say, let’s exchange him for Assange instead,” Obukhov told RIA Novosti.
Russian authorities detained Gershkovich in Ekaterinburg on March 30, saying they caught him “red-handed” in an act of espionage. A Lefortovo court has ordered the Moscow bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal to remain in custody for two months. He is appealing the decision and will face the judges again on April 18.
There have been months of intelligence document leaks suggesting that Chinese spies are meddling in Canada.
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