09:09⇢Russia-US Prisoner Swap Completed in UAE
⌨The newspapers extensively report on a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States that took place in the UAE. Multiple sources confirm CIA Director's statement about the exchange (Interfax, Kommersant, Lenta, RBC, RIA Novosti, TASS, Vesti). The Moscow Times specifically identifies U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Karelina being swapped for Arthur Petrov, a German-Russian dual national arrested in Cyprus. Simultaneously, Russian and American delegations began a new round of negotiations in Istanbul (Izvestia, NTV). RT presents Tucker Carlson's claim that the US has "lost a war with Russia," while Svoboda discusses historical parallels between Putin and Stalin.