Kremlin denies talks on easing US sanctions in exchange for prisoner releases

The Kremlin on Wednesday denied that Moscow and Washington had discussed easing US sanctions against Russia in exchange for prisoner releases. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was commenting on a report by The Atlantic magazine that US President Donald Trump had backed an initiative to ease some sanctions in exchange for the release of certain prisoners. “It was not discussed, and in such a formulation it could not have been discussed, because we categorically deny the existence of any poli