‘A Man Who Wants Results’: Trump And Kremlin Agreed To Prisoner Exchange, Russian Foreign Minister Says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Russia and the White House have agreed to a prisoner swap, according to NBC News.

Lavrov did not provide any additional details as to the nature or persons involved in the swap in his remarks during multilateral negotiations involving Russia, Turkey, the U.S. and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, according to NBC News. The deal would be the second such swap in as many months, as Russian-American woman Ksenia Karelina was released in April after being imprisoned on treason charges in exchange for Russian national Arthur Petrov.

The exchange comes in the backdrop of stalled negotiations between the U.S., Ukraine and Russia to end the three-year war. In light of the slow-moving talks, President Donald Trump has reportedly become frustrated with Putin, and has considered implementing new sanctions against Moscow, a number of unnamed sources told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.

“President Trump is a man who wants results,” Lavrov said in his remarks, according to NBC News.

Other recent high-profile prison swaps between Washington and Moscow include the return of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to the U.S., along with former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan and British activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in 2024. The deal was highly complex, involving 26 people from seven countries.