In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, is seen at an unknown location after he was released from a custody, Russia. Vinatier had been swapped for Daniil Kasatkin, a Russian basketball player who was arrested at a Paris airport last June and who was wanted in the United States for alleged involvement in ransomware attacks, as part of a prisoner exchange on January 8.
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- Package: Russia France Prisoner Exchange
- Categories: Politics, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 08.01.2026
- Date published: 08.01.2026
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Federal Security Service
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1383x876px, 682.9Kb
- Job-ID: c9dba32191354d7c