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over the last several month there had been these negotiations and the white house said the russians were not negotiating in good faith. we reported a few months ago in exchange for paul whelan and brittney griner the russians were asking not only for viktor bout but also for a convicted russian murderer who is in a german prison, someone who the united states doesn t even have custody over. the u.s. viewed this as not a serious attempt by the russians to negotiate, and they understood i think that the russians were unlikely to be willing to do a two-for-one swap, even for someone like viktor bout who has committed allegedly such serious crimes. i think that now the u.s. is going to move forward and see whether there s anything else they can do to release paul. but because of how russia view s paul s alleged crimes there, espionage, it s likely to be treated very differently to how brittney griner s case was there. erica, we should note, an

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