Кремлийн хэвлэлийн төлөөлөгч Дмитрий Песков улс төрийн хоригдлуудыг суллах нөхцөлөөр АНУ-ын тавьсан хориг арга хэмжээг зөөлрүүлэх асуудлаар ямар нэгэн хэлэлцээ хийгээгүй гэдгээ мэдэгдлээ.
АНУ-ын Ерөнхийлөгч Дональд Трамп болон Цагаан ордны тусгай элч Жон Коул нарын санаачилгаар ОХУ-д байгаа улс төрийн хоригдлуудыг суллах хариуд хориг арга хэмжээг үе шаттайгаар цуцлах төлөвлөгөө боловсруулсан тухай мэдээлэл хэвлэлээр цацагдсан юм. Гэвч Кремль энэ мэдээллийг эрс няцааж, ОХУ-д улс төрийн хоригдол гэж байхгүй хэмээн байр сууриа илэрхийлжээ. Дмитрий Песков энэхүү асуудлыг хэлэлцэх боломжгүй гэдгийг онцлоод, уг мэдээллийн хүрээг “зохисгүй” хэмээн тодорхойлсон байна.
“Мемориал” хүний эрхийн байгууллагаас ОХУ-д 1,826 хүнийг улс төрийн хоригдол хэмээн бүртгэсэн байдаг. Хэдийгээр улс төрийн хоригдлын асуудлаар хэлэлцээ хийгээгүй гэж байгаа ч ОХУ болон АНУ-ын тагнуулын албад хоригдол солилцох асуудлаар байнгын холбоотой ажилладаг болохыг Кремлийн төлөөлөгч хүлээн зөвшөөрөв. Дональд Трампыг 2025 оны нэгдүгээр сард албан тушаалдаа орсны дараа хоёр улс хоёр удаа хоригдол солилцсон туршлагатай юм.
Цагаан ордноос Жон Коулыг барьцааны асуудал хариуцсан тусгай элчээр томилохоор нэр дэвшүүлээд байна. Тэрээр өмнө нь Беларусь улстай ижил төстэй хэлэлцээ хийж, Ерөнхийлөгч Александр Лукашенкогийн хоригдлуудыг суллах замаар хориг арга хэмжээг цуцлуулсан туршлагатай бөгөөд одоо энэ арга барилаа ОХУ-тай харилцах харилцаанд ашиглахыг зорьж байгаа ажээ.
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The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed press reports that it was discussing the release of political prisoners in exchange for easing U.S. sanctions.
Earlier, The Atlantic reported that U.S. President Donald Trump had “signed on” to White House special envoyJohn Coale’s initiative to pull back sanctions gradually if Moscow would agree to free Russian political prisoners.
Coale has spearheaded a similar arrangement with neighboring Belarus, a close Russian ally, where President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned hundreds of prisoners for sanctions relief.
The White House envoy is now reportedly hoping to turn that strategy toward Moscow in order to break the deadlock in U.S.-Russian relations and “help advance the cause of peace.”
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Wednesday that U.S. and Russian officials have not discussed the idea.
“In this formulation, the issue was not discussed and could not be discussed because we categorically deny the existence of any political prisoners,” Peskov said during a daily briefing.
Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group Memorial currently recognizes 1,826 people as political prisoners in Russia.
Peskov described the framing of TheAtlantic’s report as“completely inappropriate.”
The spokesman did acknowledge, however, that Russian and U.S. intelligence services remain in regular contact regarding prisoner exchanges.
Russia and the U.S. have carried out two prisoner swaps since Trump took office in January 2025.
Earlier this week, the White House nominated Coale to serve as its special envoy for hostage affairs.
Coale, a lawyer who previously represented Americans released during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, was officially appointed to the Belarus role in November, though he had negotiated prisoner releases before that as deputy Ukraine envoy.
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