Kremlin says Trump criticism won't hit US-Russia prisoner swap plans
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MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Tuesday that
Donald Trump
's criticism of
Vladimir Putin
will not affect plans for a US-Russia prisoner exchange that the two presidents discussed in a call last week.
Trump called Putin "crazy" over the weekend after Russia pummelled Ukraine with its largest drone attack since the start of its full-scale offensive, launched in February 2022.
The Kremlin downplayed the spat when asked whether the US leader's comments could disrupt plans for a nine-for-nine prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.
"It is clear that the Russian and American sides should not and can not agree on everything. There will always be certain disagreements," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"But there is political will to implement the agreements that have been reached, and the work continues.
We highly value this mutual willingness," he added.
Following a two-hour call between Putin and Trump last week, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said the pair had discussed "swapping nine people for nine people" without giving any details on which prisoners.
There have been several rounds of prisoner exchanges between Washington and Moscow since Trump returned to the White House in January.
Washington has accused Moscow of "hostage taking" arresting US citizens on baseless charges in a bid to use them as pawns to secure the release of Russians behind bars in the West.
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In the latest swap last month, dual US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was released from a Russian jail where she was serving 12 years on treason charges after donating around $50 to a Ukrainian charity.
In exchange the United States freed Arthur Petrov, a dual German-Russian citizen accused of breaking sanctions by trying to export US-made electronics to Russian military companies.
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