Marc Fogel, an American teacher who has been arrested in Russia for more than 3 years, has been released and returned to the United States.

Its release, facilitated through the Trump administration, marks a diplomatic progression that can influence long -term negotiations between Washington and Moscow.

Fogel arrested in August 2021 at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow for having brought a medically prescribed marijuana and sentenced to 14 years in a high security criminal for drug trafficking.

While the main points with respect to the terms of the agreement remain vague, Trump described the agreement as “very fair, very reasonable”, adding that Russia treated the United States “very well. ” The president also reported that this launch can be a springboard towards the end of the existing war in Ukraine.

Fogel, from Pennsylvania, had been an educator at the Anglo -American school in Moscow for almost a decade, basically instructor of the young people of the diplomats.

Before his last year to school, he went to Russia with a small amount of marijuana, which he used for chronic back pain. Despite a medical prescription of Pennsylvania, he accused drug trafficking under Russian law, which does not recognize the intake of medicinal marijuana.

His conviction at age 14 in a colony of Torco has aroused many criticisms. The former American diplomat Eric Rubin, who begged for Fogel, described the arrest as “essentially as a hostage situation. “

Rubin also reported that the Russian government could have known it in advance in Fogel’s medicinal marijuana and intentionally installed it. Compared to Russian citizens who are discovered that they blame similar crimes, which obtain probation, the serious penalty of Fogel has increased political reasons.

Until 2020, the teachers of the Anglo -American school in Moscow had diplomatic immunity, but as tensions between the United States and Russia intensified, their protections were revoked. In 2022, the Russian government forced school to close completely, which contradicts between the two nations.

After his conviction, Fogel was transferred to a remote hard work camp in northern Russia, where he endured difficult situations and gained a decrease in quality medical care.

His relative circle expressed his considerations about his health deterioration, taking serious back disorders and suggested to the United States government to act quickly. They feared that her old mother would return to him and criticize Biden’s management for not having prioritized her case before.

A controlled through his followers detailed his suffering, noting that he had a history of chronic pain and had planned to claim his medicinal marijuana to Russian customs. The site also stressed the cases beyond the cases in which the Russian government had allowed foreigners to enter the country with medically prescribed cannabis.

Fogel’s circle of relatives has published an emotion that expresses his relief and gratitude: “We are more than grateful, relieved and replaced than after more than 3 years of detention, our father, husband and son, Marc Fogel, despite the fact that Everything returns home.

His mother, Malphine, who had been frank in the case of his son, described his surprise and disbelief when he learned of his liberation. “It was just a general surprise,” he said in an interview. “It’s just a situation. “

The representative of Pennsylvania, Chris Deluzio, who is a component of a bicomponent organization that had tension for the release of Fogel, also praised the news. “Although we still didn’t know all the main points of the agreement, we are grateful that Marc Fogel, even though everything returns home,” he said.

Although the Russian government has still commented on the release of Fogel, the case underlines the widest factor of Americans arrested in Russia.

Several US citizens, adding the double Ksenia Khavana and former military Robert Gilman, remain imprisoned in dispute circumstances. Its destiny remains as diplomatic efforts continue.

The launch of Fogel arrives at a very important moment in American-Ruses, Trump seeks diplomatic ties and potentially negotiates the end of the war in Ukraine.

Trump reported that the American detainee would soon be released, but refused to provide more details. He also announced that the United States Secretary of the United States, Scott Besent, would go to Kiev for discussions with Ukrainian leaders.

American vice president JD Vance, Secretary of State Frame scenery.

Kellogg reported that these meetings would describe the possible peace strategies, which Trump could do it later in direct negotiations.

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