Moscow. February 13. INTERFAX.RU – The defense of Russian Alexander Vinnik, who was exchanged by the United States for Russian prisoner Mark Vogel, said he was on his way from Turkey to Russia.
“We have received an update on the whereabouts and status of our client, Mr. Vinnik. We have been informed that our client arrived by plane in Turkey, from where he was sent on another flight to Russia. “His arrival at the Moscow airport is expected in the next few hours,” Vinnik’s lawyer Arkady Bukh told Interfax.
“In addition, we confirm that a hearing on Mr. Vinnik’s case was recently held in a U.S. federal court. However, according to the judge’s decision, the materials of the hearing were classified, and we have no right to comment on its content and the course of the session,” the lawyer added.
Earlier, that Vinnik will return to Russia in exchange for the released ex-employee of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow Mark Vogel, said White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt.
Vinnik was detained in Greece on July 25, 2017, at the request of the United States, where he is accused of laundering between $4 billion and $9 billion through the now-defunct online cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e. He was extradited to the United States in August 2022.
Source: https://www.interfax.ru/russia/1008873