Al-Marsad Newspaper: The Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, praised the role of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in the exchange of the Russian Victor Bout and the American Brittney Griner.
Yesterday, Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced the procedures for exchanging the two prisoners, who were serving prison sentences in the United States and Russia, and took place at Abu Dhabi Airport.
Peskov said in a statement broadcast by “Channel One”: “We can highly appreciate the role of both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which are trying to make a significant contribution to such operations,” according to the Russian news agency Sputnik.