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 8.08.01.2026#9084635
In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), 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, disembarks from a plane upon arrival to Moscow, Russia. Kasatkin had been swapped for Laurent Vinatier, a French researcher serving a three-year prison sentence in Russia for violating Moscow's foreign agent laws, as part of a prisoner exchange on January 8.08.01.2026#9084632
