The media published a likely list of the United States for exchange with Russia

Washington has provided Moscow with a list of nine Americans they want to return as part of a possible prisoner exchange with Russia. This was reported on May 20 by the Reuters news agency, citing a source.

"The American side had previously provided Moscow with a list of nine Americans in Russian prisons whom Washington wants to return," the article says.

It is clarified that the list includes: senior sergeant of the US Armed Forces Gordon Black, who was arrested for stealing money from his Russian girlfriend, mercenary Stephen James Hubbard, the kidnapper of his son Daniel Joseph Schneider, musician and former US paratrooper Michael Travis Leake, accused of selling drugs on a large scale, convicted of drunken debauchery and the use of former Marine Robert Gilman, who attacked a police officer Joseph Tater, spy Eugene Spector, accused of child abuse David Barnes and Robert Romanov Woodland, who tried to sell drugs, turned to law enforcement.

Interim pretexts: how is the dialogue between Russia and the United States progressing

The parties will continue to discuss the full—fledged work of the diplomatic missions, but negotiations on the Black Sea Initiative are on hold.

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had a meaningful and useful telephone conversation with his American counterpart Donald Trump, which lasted two hours. The Russian President also expressed gratitude to the American leader for the U.S. participation in the resumption of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine.

At the same time, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that during the conversation between the presidents of the United States and the Russian Federation, exchanges of imprisoned citizens of the two countries in the "nine-on-nine" format were discussed.