Putin pardoned a French citizen and carried out an exchange for the basketball player Kasatkin.
French citizen exchanged for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin
Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned French citizen Laurent Vinatye, who had been convicted of collecting information about Russia’s military activities. According to TASS citing the FSB, the French citizen was exchanged for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin. "Pardoned by decree of the President of the Russian Federation," the FSB press service noted. According to the security service, the exchange was the result of negotiations between the parties.
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Putin pardoned a French citizen and carried out an exchange for basketball player Kasatkin
French citizen exchanged for Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin
Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned French citizen Laurent Vinatye, who had been convicted of collecting information about Russia’s military activities. 20:18 08.01.2026 Realnoe Vremya - Kazan
The basketball player Kasatkin detained in France was exchanged for Vinatye*
The Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin detained in France was exchanged for the French citizen convicted in Russia Laurent Vinatye * (designated in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent). 18:32 08.01.2026 IA Tatar-inform - Kazan
Russian basketball player Kasatkin released from French prison
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France at the request of the United States, has been released and returned home. 17:23 08.01.2026 Business Online - Kazan
Regional news on the topic:
Macron said he welcomed Vinatye*’s return to France with relief
Photo: flickr/whitehouse
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, January 8, said he welcomed with relief the reports of the return to his homeland of French citizen Laurent Vinatye*. 19:49 08.01.2026 Vechernyaya Moskva - Moscow
Macron admitted he welcomed the news of Vinatye*’s return with relief
Vinatye* was exchanged for basketball player Kasatkin on January 8
Macron admitted he welcomed the news of Vinatye*’s return with relief
Photo: REUTERS. 03:47 09.01.2026 Komsomolskaya Pravda - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
FSB showed video of the exchange of basketball player Kasatkin for the French foreign agent Vinatye*
The Frenchman Vinatye* was exchanged for Russian Kasatkin, the process was filmed on video
Video of the exchange of basketball player Kasatkin for the French foreign agent Vinatye* was shown by the FSB, photo: frame from video
The FSB of Russia showed the video, 03:17 09.01.2026 Komsomolskaya Pravda - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Macron welcomed with relief the news of Vinatye*’s return to France
French President Emmanuel Macron said on his X social media page that he felt relief after hearing the news of the return of French citizen Laurent Vinatye*. 19:17 08.01.2026 IA Public News Service - Moscow
Detained in France basketball player Daniil Kasatkin returned to Russia
Kasatkin was exchanged for the French citizen convicted in Russia Laurent Vinatye
The detained Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was returned to Russia. 18:29 08.01.2026 Online47.Ru - Leningrad Region
Basketball player Kasatkin, detained in France, was returned to Russia, exchanged for the Frenchman from a Russian colony - video
Photo: screenshot from FSB video
Russian basketball player Kasatkin was exchanged for the French foreign agent Vinatye* from Russia. 18:26 08.01.2026 47 Novostey - Leningrad Region
Putin pardoned the French foreign agent Vinatye*
Putin pardoned the French foreign agent Vinatye* in exchange for Kasatkin Laurent Vinatye* (Photo: RIA Novosti/Ilya Pitalyov)
Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned the convicted French citizen Laurent Vinatye*, 18:07 08.01.2026 RTV-Podmoskovie - Moscow Region
Putin pardoned the convicted Frenchman Vinatye before exchanging him for Kasatkin
Photo: TV channel "Krasnodar" The French citizen was released by decree of the President of the Russian Federation as part of an international exchange. 18:02 08.01.2026 TK Krasnodar - Krasnodar
Kasatkin returned to Russia in an exchange
Moscow handed over Laurent Vinatye (designated a foreign agent) to France Photo: screenshot from a YouTube video
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France at the request of U.S. authorities, 18:01 08.01.2026 Petersburg Diary - Saint Petersburg
Russian citizen Kasatkin returned home as a result of an exchange with the detained in France Vinatye
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation released a video recording that shows the exchange of Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France, for French citizen Laurent Vinatye, 17:55 08.01.2026 Rakurs 32 - Bryansk
Basketball player Daniil Kasatkin detained in France returned to Russia
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, suspected by U.S. authorities of cybercrimes, left a French prison and flew to Moscow. 17:53 08.01.2026 Metro Petersburg - Saint Petersburg
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for a French political scientist convicted of espionage
Photo: BKB MBA
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France at the request of the United States, returned to Russia on January 8 as a result of an exchange for French citizen Laurent Vinatye. 17:51 08.01.2026 My Rayon - Saint Petersburg
FSB said that basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for Frenchman Vinatye
Photo: depositphotos/Grigorenko
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for the French citizen sentenced in Russia Laurent Vinatye (designated in Russia as a foreign agent), reports RIA Novosti citing the FSB of Russia. 17:47 08.01.2026 M24.Ru - Moscow
FSB: Basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for Frenchman Vinatye*
Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for the convicted French foreign agent
FSB: Basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for Frenchman Vinatye*
Photo: GLOBAL LOOK PRESS. 01:46 09.01.2026 Komsomolskaya Pravda - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
French journalist Vinatye* was pardoned by decree of the President of the Russian Federation
Vinatye* was exchanged for basketball player Kasatkin
French journalist Vinatye* was pardoned by decree of the President of the Russian Federation
Photo: GLOBAL LOOK PRESS. 01:46 09.01.2026 Komsomolskaya Pravda - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Putin pardoned French citizen Vinatye* before exchanging him for Kasatkin
Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned French citizen Laurent Vinatye*, convicted of collecting information about Russia’s military activities. 17:46 08.01.2026 IA Public News Service - Moscow
FSB confirmed the return of Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin from France
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation reported the return of Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin from France back to Russia. 17:40 08.01.2026 TK Saint Petersburg - Saint Petersburg
FSB confirmed Kasatkin’s return to Russia from France
FSB confirmed the return to Russia from France of basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, the FSB reported. 17:38 08.01.2026 Moika78.Ru - Saint Petersburg
Basketball player Kasatkin was exchanged for the convicted in Russia French citizen Vinatye*
Frame from video channel C dans l'air - France Télévisions/www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZy_6x1U_OI Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for French citizen Laurent Vinatye*, Russian security service representatives said. 17:38 08.01.2026 Yamal-Media - Salekhard
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