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The U.S. returned Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who’d been serving a 20-year prison sentence in Connecticut for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine into the U.S.
The surprise deal would have been a notable diplomatic maneuver even in times of peace, but was even more extraordinary because of deteriorated Russia-US relations.
The swap, the culmination of longstanding requests by both countries as well as private diplomatic wrangling, took place in Turkey when "the two planes pulled up side by side, essentially, and then they got out,” said Reed's father, Joey.
Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who was arrested in the summer of 2019, has been freed in a swap, according to a US official.
Russia and the United States have exchanged prisoners