What Putin Gains From Releasing an American Prisoner

Scritto il 21/10/2026

da David E. Sanger, Nikolay Nikolov, Paul Abowd, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, Jon Miller, Rafaela Balster, Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte

After Russia released an American prisoner, President Trump’s special envoy praised President Vladimir V. Putin as “a humanitarian.” Our White House and national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, describes how the release comes amid Mr. Trump’s broader shift toward Russia and away from Ukraine.