Trevor Reed

Reed had been held in Russia since 2019. He was exchanged for pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring to import ...

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American Trevor Reed, a US citizen and former Marine who had been detained in Russia since 2019, has been released in a prisoner swap.

to the case of American Paul Whelan, a US citizen and former Marine who was detained at a Moscow hotel in December 2018 and arrested on espionage charges, which he has consistently and vehemently denied. He said Reed went to a prison hospital but did not receive treatment and was then sent back to solitary confinement. And I was delighted to be able to share with them the good news about Trevor's freedom," President Joe Biden said in a statement. I heard in the voices of Trevor's parents how much they've worried about his health and missed his presence. "Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly. Reed and his family have denied the charges against him.

Reed traveled to Russia in the summer of 2019 with his Russian girlfriend to learn the language. That August, Russian police arrested him for intoxication ...

Whelan is from Michigan and was arrested in Russia in 2018, accused of spying and sentenced to 17 years. “I’m beyond relieved Trevor will return home to his family in Texas, who were relentless in the fight to secure his release and never gave up hope. Reed traveled to Russia in the summer of 2019 with his Russian girlfriend to learn the language. His safe return is a testament to the priority my Administration places on bringing home Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained abroad," Biden said in a statement. That August, Russian police arrested him for intoxication and took him to a jail to sober up. He did mention in his statement another American detained in Russia.

Trevor Reed, a U.S. Marine veteran who has been held in Russian custody since 2019, was freed Wednesday in a prisoner swap between the Kremlin and the Biden ...

Biden met with Reed’s family in the White House in late March. One senior administration official informed CNN that the exchange was “accelerated” in part due to concerns about Reed’s physical well-being. Biden said the prisoner swap “required difficult decisions that I do not take lightly,” while acknowledging Roger Carstens, the White House’s hostage affairs envoy, and U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation John Sullivan’s “tireless and dedicated” diplomacy. (The Biden administration described Yaroshenko on Wednesday as “a Russian smuggler convicted of conspiring to import cocaine.”) Neither Russia nor the U.S. announced the location of the exchange, but a Russian Federal Security Service plane was observed flying to Ankara, Turkey, shortly before the meet was set to take place. In return, U.S. authorities agreed to release Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot who was arrested by in 2010 and remained in prison on drug-smuggling charges. And I was delighted to be able to share with them the good news about Trevor’s freedom.” Reed’s family told Vanity Fair in March that their son had been coughing blood after close contact with an individual with tuberculosis, and had possibly broken a rib. “Today, we welcome home Trevor Reed and celebrate his return to the family that missed him dearly,” Joe Biden said in the statement announcing that Reed is “free from Russian detention.” The president continued: “I heard in the voices of Trevor’s parents how much they’ve worried about his health and missed his presence.

Foreign Ministry in Moscow says a "lengthy negotiation process" resulted in the former U.S. Marine being released in exchange for a Russian pilot jailed on ...

The U.S. government had raised concerns about the fairness of his trial. He always maintained that he had no recollection of the incident and pleaded not guilty. The Associated Press said Wednesday's prisoner swap was carried out in a European nation, with flight tracking services showing a Russian prison plane landing in Turkey's capital of Ankara earlier in the day. The decision was lamented by U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, who said at the time that Reed "remains in prison for a crime he didn't commit." And I was delighted to be able to share with them the good news about Trevor's freedom." Mr. Biden thanked Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens and U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan, among others, for their "tireless and dedicated work" to secure Reed's release.

Held in a Russian prison since 2019, Trevor Reed is safely on his way back to the US.

Is the administration's piecemeal approach picking low-hanging fruit?" They added that Mr Biden's phone call came while they were on the other line with their son. On a drunken night out, he was detained by two police officers after attending a party. Senior US officials said on Wednesday that Mr Reed's release was "the result of months and months of hard, careful work" and there had been "growing concern" over his health while in detention. The US government raised concerns about the fairness of his trial, with US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan recently saying that Mr Reed "remains in prison for a crime he didn't commit". President Joe Biden said he had been "delighted" to share the news of Mr Reed's return with his parents in a phone call.

Trevor Reed, the former Marine released in a prisoner exchange Wednesday after nearly three years in a Russian jail, has arrived back in the U.S..

Reed was arrested in the summer of 2019 by Russian authorities, accused of assaulting a police officer after a night of heavy drinking. “It’s been a day of joy for us, but not for #PaulWhelan and his family. I know this is a hard day for them," she tweeted. Now that Reed is back home, focusing on his health will be the priority. He was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2020, but he and his family have maintained his innocence throughout the ordeal. We truly mean that!”

"It's been (a) very exciting day for The Reed family. Trevor is back in the USA," Reed's mother, Paula Reed, posted on Twitter early Thursday.

Jonathan Franks, a spokesman for Reed’s family, told NBC News on Thursday morning that Reed had landed in the U.S. but he declined to say where. "We are grateful beyond words," Paula Reed tweeted. U.S. officials were working on Reed’s release since at least last year. After exiting a car on a busy street while intoxicated, he was detained by police, who further alleged he grabbed the arm of an officer while heading to the police station, causing the vehicle to swerve into another lane. "Our lawyers had government experts analyze the video and put out a big long report saying that the car never slowed down and never stopped,” Reed’s father, Joey, told USA TODAY last year. Reed was arrested in Moscow while on a trip there in August 2019.