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Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen atop of an armoured personnel carrier during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine. File photo: REUTERS/CHINGIS KONDAROV
Vershinin’s remarks, made in an interview to Russia’s state-owned news agency RIA published on Tuesday, come as Washington seeks a new prisoner swap with Moscow amid speculation about the captives Russia may want to be freed in such a deal. He provided no evidence that the Russians’ sentences were politically motivated or otherwise unfair, but cited general anti-Russian feeling in the US and said that was his view.
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