Russia ready to consider prisoner swap with US, says Putin

Putin

NEW YORK, June 14. /TASS/: Russia is ready to consider the issue of prisoner swap with the US, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with NBC.

"Yes, yes," he said when asked a respective question.

Meanwhile Putin noted that much more Russian citizens are held in custody in the US than American citizens - in Russia. "I know that there are convicted US citizens in custody, but their number cannot be compared with that of Russian citizens remaining in American prisons," he said.