LONDON—Russia said on Thursday that negotiations with the United States on exchanging prisoners are ongoing but there is no deal to swap detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that “so far there are no agreements in this area.”
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova indicated that talks on prisoner exchanges had been going on for some time but without producing a result.
They were responding to comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Washington had made Moscow a “serious offer” to secure the release of Griner and former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, also detained in Russia….