President Donald Trump facilitated a prisoner exchange, securing the release of an American teacher from Russian custody in exchange for a Russian national accused of money laundering. Alexander Vinnik, 42, was linked to the 2016 Russian election interference in the U.S. and had been charged in 2017 for operating BTC-e, a cryptocurrency exchange allegedly used for laundering over $4 billion from criminal activities. Arrested in Greece and later extradited to the U.S., he was sent back to Russia

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