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Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) is coordinating a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, likely including U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, the agency said Thursday.
“A (prisoner) exchange operation will take place today under the coordination of our organization,” MIT said in a statement. “Our organization has undertaken a major mediation role in this exchange operation, which is the most comprehensive of the recent period.”
A Russian government plane landed in Ankara on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, shortly after MIT’s announcement.
It was not clear who was on board the plane, which arrived following signs of a major prisoner exchange involving Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany and Slovenia on the other.
Next to Gershkovich, Moscow might also return Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive from Michigan. Both had been convicted of espionage charges that the U.S. government considered baseless.
