Hanse Mina<p>The United States will release Russian Alexander <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vinnik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vinnik</span></a>, a suspected cybercrime kingpin, as part of an exchange with Russia that freed Marc <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fogel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fogel</span></a>, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.</p><p>Vinnik operated BTC-e, once one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/who-is-alexander-vinnik-russian-prisoner-being-traded-american-marc-fogel-2025-02-12/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/who-i</span><span class="invisible">s-alexander-vinnik-russian-prisoner-being-traded-american-marc-fogel-2025-02-12/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>