this exchange is called unprecedented both in terms of format and scale. for the first time, the exchange agreement included not only those involved in espionage cases, but also several russian political activists convicted in russia for anti-war statements or actions. why did putin agree to this exchange just now, what trump cards, so to speak, does he get from this exchange? as alexander vershbow, the former ambassador of the united states to russia, explains it. listen. to say, probably, but i think putin may have weighed the benefits from his point of view of bringing some of these back various characters, such as krasikov and other fraudsters and computer hackers, as a way to show that russia is not giving up and will save them if they are caught. perhaps he was afraid that the deal might fall apart if he waited until the election, i think we were also interested in doing so, recognizing that navalny died before he could become a part. such

a large exchange, something could go wrong, and putin may have felt that the balance of benefits was good enough from the russian point of view, and that it was better to do it now than to wait on the results of the elections in the usa or any other external factors, and of course we are primarily interested in the consequences of this exchange for ukraine, and in general, against the background of this exchange , the question really arises, why was there no such large exchange agreement? of the ukrainian component, tens or even hundreds of ukrainians are sitting in russian prisons because of trumped-up charges, whether it was possible to return any of them, this is one question, another question, it is more global and political, can this exchange, and above all, contacts and negotiations, which were developed within the framework of this agreement, to lay some basis for ending the war in ukraine, the white house immediately said no, it can't, these are things that are not related to each other - said the national security advisor of the white house, jake sullivan, well... we will continue

andres umlant, an analyst at the center for eastern european studies in stockholm, joins this topic. congratulations. hello, thank you for the invitation. glad to see you. what are your thoughts on this exchange, do you agree that the west has opened pandora's box by giving away spies, murderers, killers of russia, and after receiving, well, ordinary citizens who were simply, perhaps even accidentally, arrested in russia and sat there on trumped-up charges. well , i am talking about this now in berlin there is a big discussion and there are also many critics of this exchange among the germans, but on the other hand there are simply citizens of germany or citizens of america, and there is a certain priority of national interests and national commitments of governments and them in the first place.

here, too, it seems to me that the fact that the west wanted to get these russian oppositionists played a role, like karamurza or yashin, well, to strengthen the russian opposition, the diaspora, so that new leaders appear there against after he died. navalny, by the way, this is a separate question that i wanted to ask you, because russia actually freed, gave up its own citizens, putin's political opponents, and that's who i wanted to ask, and why the west is interested in them, what does it mean to strengthen, what does it mean to strengthen the russian community abroad, they want to train these people to become leaders of the russian opposition abroad later, or why not? yes i think so after all, there is... the calculation is that sooner or

later there will be some kind of crisis, a political crisis in russia, and then these people, they will be useful, i agree with that, that suddenly a completely new political situation may appear as a result of wine, in which even such politicians as karamurza or yashin can play a role. well , to what extent it will really happen later, i don't know, but i think that it also played a certain strategic role in this exchange, but nevertheless, i think it was rather such an additional matter, the most important thing here was to release these american and german citizens. and

speaking from this point of view, if we take a detached look at this situation from a political point of view, who benefited more from this exchange, russia or the west? it is difficult to say, as i said, here the national governments of the west, they were under the pressure of their citizens, there the relatives of these citizens, they wanted it back, and whether this is now a victory for russia, it is also difficult to say, because really some ... at some point it may happen that people like yashin or karamarza can play a certain political role, so, in general, you can say that it's kind of a victory for russia because it released its agents, but on the other hand,

there's also this long-term long-term risk, i think for the putin regime because now it's free... these oppositionists, uh, and i'd like to return to ukrainian, as if there was no ukrainian component in this exchange, but many in ukraine and beyond are wondering why ukraine does not appear in this exchange, or could it in principle appear there, because now many ukrainians , which are also among these are not only military personnel, these are civilian people who are sitting on trumped-up charges in russia, and between ukraine and russia. firstly, the war is going on, and secondly, because of the war, some exchange processes are going on, there are people who oversee these processes, and it would seem very logical to include some ukraine in this exchange, what do you think, why was this not done , is it at all wrong, it is a wrong way to think that

there should have been some ukrainian component in this story, it should not have been there a priori, well, that’s how i imagine it, that from the side in the past, there were competitions to include certain, let's say, civilian ukrainians in such an exchange, but i can imagine that russia was definitely against this and did not want to do it and depend, this is a western-russian matter and not to include to ukraine, and if there is... a separate mechanism for the exchange of detainees, and that is probably why it was some kind of political decision , i was also sad and even ashamed for some reason because there was not a single

ukrainian there. i, too, once again had the opportunity to hear such a point of view, and it is not too pleasant for ukrainians, i think for ukraine, who mind their own business. powerful states, russia and the countries of the west decided, but what is happening between ukraine and russia is something so insignificant, local, for putin, it is generally some kind of separate secondary track, and he prefers to sort things out on his own, and in principle not to do ukraine the subject of this story, because if ukraine had somehow participated in this exchange or its citizens, then it would have raised ukraine a little, even politically? well, yes, i think so too, i don't know what happened at these negotiations, but as i said, i imagine myself that the west probably wanted to include at least certain

ukrainians there too, but that's how i imagine myself , that this exchange took place, but on the part of russia, but without ukrainians, but it would not have happened at all, do you agree that the kremlin can now very often use this tool for further political pressure and influence, or do you assume that now, i don't know, there will be mass captures of foreign citizens russia simply for the purpose of exchange, if the kremlin has already trodden this path once, everyone saw that it is possible, then why not repeat it, and this is again a question, how many more probably. russian spies are sitting somewhere in western prisons, so there is such a threat, and this is also understood here in germany, fortunately, and it is discussed and debated that it may lead to the fact that

russia will simply, well, catch such people, and we already had such a phenomenon in donbas, that is, there was also such a thing... to capture certain ukrainians, ukrainian citizens, regardless from whether they took part in the war there or not. simply in order to later conduct such trade with russian prisoners of war, that is, you can imagine it, and now here in germany they say that everyone recommends that you do not need to go to russia and belarus, because you can be there is about to happen, and i still have some time left, i would like to ask a question on another topic, today we started our program with potential negotiations between ukraine and

russia, the number of ukrainian population has increased, this is the latest sociology that says, that maybe the time has come for negotiations, at the same time the majority of ukrainians are not ready to give up territory, or do you see any in the last, the last weeks or maybe months , an increase in narratives about possible negotiations between ukraine and russia, do you see any? signs that the time for these negotiations has come? i think that the rhetoric of, let's say, zelensky has just changed, regarding the fact that it is possible to somehow, somehow, also resolve the conflict through negotiations, although in fact, i think it is impossible, that is, it just seems to me that the approach has changed, the approach has changed, and public rhetoric, before. the rhetoric was more decisive and less tolerant, now

if zelensky and other ukrainian politicians talk about the fact that it is possible to hold negotiations, but since things have changed, the russian constitution has changed, that is , these territories are still written into the russian territory and the russian constitution, as russian territories, i do not see. how can some compromise be reached here, well, this is probably a change in zelenskyi’s rhetoric, and it is useful for the western, as if the rescuer, because on in the west, there was such criticism that ukraine is not ready for any kind of negotiations, and that it cannot be, and that the ukrainians should try to conduct some kind of negotiations with russia, even if they are not fruitful, well

and let them be, i don't think that anything will work out there, as before, let's say, there was this meeting in paris, in paris between zelenskyi and putin, nothing worked out there either, and maybe there will be another meeting between them, but i i don't see that anything is really changing here, the last question against the background of this exchange between russia and the west, i heard such an assumption that now the voices of those doves of peace in the west, who say: look, we told you, you can come to an agreement with putin, he is even with the west, the west is negotiating with him, and these are the exchanges taking place , then why can't ukraine sit down at the negotiating table, do you accept that this exchange that took place will somehow affect or increase the pressure on ukraine, or are these two different processes again? i don't think it will have any effect, because, for example, here in germany there is still criticism

the greatness of this exchange, especially this one, in relation to this figure of krasikov, who killed in the center of berlin, a georgian who took part in the chechen war, and therefore it is considered here, as if such a strange step from the west, and the criticism is still... that we made some kind of strange compromise here and it shouldn't have been done, thank you very much, andres umland, an analyst at the center for eastern european studies in stockholm, was on radio liberty, we talked about the exchange of prisoners, the exchange of prisoners, more precisely between russia and west, and how this situation can affect the war in ukraine and on potential negotiations between ukraine and russia. that's all for today, i urge you to subscribe to the radio liberty website until monday. there are discounts until

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the ukrainian program is on the air from washington voice of america services chas time. my name is maria ulyanovska. congratulations. the democratic party officially nominated camelo harris for president. the online voting process will not end until monday, but garis has already received enough delegate votes. she said she was honored and promised to officially, officially accept the nomination next week. also, in

the coming days, we expect the candidate to announce who she will choose as her vice president for this presidential race. meanwhile, political prisoners, whom russia returned america, and i will remind you, wall street journal journalist evan hershkovich, radio liberty tatar-bashkir service journalist alsu kurmashova and american marine paul whelan arrived in the united states this night. yuliya yarmolenko prepared for us more about this event, as well as an expert review of how this exchange will affect ukraine. yuli, congratulations. greetings maria. so, how did the usa meet the hostages of the kremlin, what were the emotions and what is happening to them now? you know, maria, that night at andrew's base near washington, there were a lot of tears, a lot lots of emotions and lots of hugs. and the president of the united states, joe biden, as well as the vice president, kamela harris, arrived in person to congratulate the released americans, but probably the simple emotions, the emotions of the meeting, will be remembered the most.