US citizen Kalob Bayers, who was arrested in Russia at the beginning of this month on charges of drug trafficking, was released.
This is reported by the Russian media.
28-year-old Bayers was detained on February 7 at the Vnukovo Moscow Airport and arrested on charges of drug trafficking.
Bayers was transferred to the US Embassy in Moscow last night.
It is noted that this step was aimed at reducing tension in relations between Moscow and Washington before tomorrow’s meeting in Saudi Arabia of the delegations of the United States and Russia to stop the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov, answering the question of the liberation of Bayers, stated that the Moscow administration expects to discuss possible negotiations in Saudi Arabia “Restoration of the entire complex structure of Russian-American relations”, “Therefore, some events can be evaluated in this context “.
– Earlier in Russia, US citizen Fogel was released
On February 11, the White House announced that Russia as a “gesture of goodwill” freed US citizen Mark Fogel, detained since 2021.
Vogel was detained at the airport on charges of drug storage during entry into Russia in August 2021 and was sentenced by the court to 14 years in prison.