Prisoner exchange between US and Russia takes place in UAE

Russia and the US exchanged prisoners in a UAE-mediated swap in Abu Dhabi on 10 April. Russia's FSB security service says that Arthur Petrov, who was facing up to 20 years in a US jail for violating export controls, was released in exchange for ballet dancer Ksenia Karelina.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X saying that Ms Karelina was released after being "wrongfully detained by Russia" for more than a year.  Arthur Petrov, 33, a Russian and German national, was arrested in Cyprus in 2023 and later extradited to the United States for seeking to export American-made electronics to Russia for military use.