Moscow said a Russian imprisoned in the U.S. would be freed “in the coming days” after the release of an American schoolteacher.

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that a Russian citizen was freed from a U.S. prison in exchange for Moscow's release of jailed American schoolteacher Marc Fogel, in a deal that it said could help build trust with Washington.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, on a visit to Russia, secured the release on Tuesday of Marc Fogel, an American detained in Russia, the White House said. "President Trump, Steve Witkoff and the president’s advisors negotiated an exchange that serves as a show of good faith from the Russians and a sign we are moving in the right direction to end the brutal and terrible war in Ukraine,