Today, three American citizens and one American green-card holder who were unjustly imprisoned in Russia are finally coming home: Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza. And let me be clear: I will not stop working until every American wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world is reunited with their family. Readers of this blow will remember Putin associate, Vladislav Klyushin, who conspired with the former GRU hacker who targeted John Podesta in an insider trading scheme. On September 7, 2023, a court in Boston, Massachusetts, found the Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin guilty of insider trading and sentenced him to nine years in prison. According to the indictment, the insider trading scheme, orchestrated outside the U.S., generated $93 million in profits for its participants.

Source: New York Times August 01, 2024 23:16 UTC