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Last Checked Aug. 26, 2022

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Fri Jul 29 19:22:37 +0000 2022

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Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand

The Russians communicated the request to the US earlier this month through an informal FSB backchannel. Krasikov was convicted in December of murdering a former Chechen fighter in Berlin in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2022

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Scoop: After US proposed Bout-Griner-Whelan swap, Russians said they wanted convicted murderer Vadim Krasikov too. Krasikov is in German custody, & US officials gauged German interest in releasing him. But US thinks it was a stall tactic. w/@fpleitgenCNN https://t.co/cbSim0SInw — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2022

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The conversations were never elevated to the top levels of the German government and including Krasikov in a potential trade is not being seriously considered. But the discussions show that Russians have at least engaged with the US' proposal—even if unseriously, as US believes. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 29, 2022

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