Vadim Konoshchenok, a suspected Russian spy, was one of the prisoners the U.S. returned to Russia as part of an exchange that brought Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich home.
One of the prisoners the U.S. released as part of an exchange to bring home Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a suspected Russian spy accused of smuggling American-made technology and ammunition to the Russian government. Russian national Vadim Konoshchenok, who was extradited to the U.S. from Estonia a year ago to face charges for allegedly violating U.S. export laws and evading U.S.
The indictment claims Estonia was a frequently-used transshipment point in the smuggling operation, and Konoshchenok was stopped there "repeatedly" trying to smuggle "hundreds of thousands of American-made and export-controlled rounds into Russia, including 6.5 mm, 7 mm, .338 and .308 magnum rounds, which are commonly used by snipers, as well as military-grade .223 rounds.
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