US President Joe Biden, after the exchange of American student, Alex, convicted in Russia, to the Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, said that the US authorities will continue to seek the country of Wiln Paul and other Americans convicted in Russia.
“Negotiations on the return of Trevor Reed to the USA demanded difficult decisions that were not easy,” the Moscow Komsomolets quoted the American leader.
At the same time, lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov, who represents Paul Wylan, noted that no one was in touch with him and there is no negotiations on the exchange in any way.
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Paul Wylan was detained in Moscow on December 28, 2018. On the flash drive seized from him, information was discovered that constitutes a state secret. Wylan’s lawyer claimed that there was personal information about his rest in Russia during previous visits on the flash drive, but the sources of Kommersant’s newspaper said that it was supposedly found a list of personnel of one of the FSB departments. Willian was charged with espionage in favor of the United States.