Russia|According to Trump, Putin will release the American journalist only if he asks.
Republicans former president of the United States running for president Donald Trump boasted on Thursday that he would get an American journalist imprisoned in Russia by Evan Gershkovich freed immediately if he wins the presidential election.
Trump, who has repeatedly boasted of his close relations with the Russian president to Vladimir Putinboasted that Putin would release Gershkovich only if he asked, no one else.
“He will be released almost immediately after the election, but certainly before I start as president,” Trump wrote on his own Truth Social service.
Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov denied that the Russian administration and Trump had any contact. In addition, he reminded that possible matters concerning the exchange or release of prisoners are usually handled in secret.
Gershkovich has been imprisoned in Russia for almost two years now on suspicion of espionage.
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