The human rights activist allowed the exchange of other Russians from the colonies of the USA

Human rights activist Ivan Melnikov expressed the opinion that the process of prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States can be continued after the exchange of Russian Artur Petrov for United States citizen Ksenia Karelina.

In conversation with aif.ru On Thursday, April 10, Melnikov noted that human rights defenders will also continue to work on the continuation of the prisoner exchange process.

"There are several dozen Russian citizens in American colonies on cases similar to the case of Artur Petrov," Melnikov said.

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According to him, the US authorities imposed sanctions after 2022, which restrict trade with the Russian Federation and threaten entrepreneurs who may be detained at the request of the American authorities in different countries of the world. Earlier, the human rights defender had already proposed to form a working group and develop an algorithm that would allow such cases to be closed even before the official charges.

Businessman Artur Petrov was detained in Cyprus in 2023 on charges of violating US sanctions restrictions. 360.ru . After that, he was extradited to America. The Russian was accused of supplying American-made microelectronics to Russia.

On April 10, an exchange of prisoners between Russia and the United States took place in Abu Dhabi, the website notes. kp.ru . Ksenia Karelina, who was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime penal colony "for high treason in the form of providing financial assistance to a foreign state," was released from a Russian penal colony. Artur Petrov called his release sudden.