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Clemens@clemens@mathstodon.xyz (2026-09-23 17:03:52)
@sun Ok: who are those prisoners? (ignoring the fact that "exchange" clearly doesn't work to describe what's happening because those oligarchs weren't prisoners)
Also: as some kind of response to blackmail (of the kind: "we have your guys - lift the sanctions or else") seems deeply flawed because now the Russians know that if they want to get something they just have to arrest a couple of Frenchmen.
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-23 17:20:14)
@clemens it's favor trading, not a dual exchange. it makes sense because russia is a thugocracy and there's not a clear separation between Putin-connected oligarchs and the government. I'm not saying it's good, I'm saying it's just a fairly understandable arrangement. each side has something the other wanted, so they're trading. French citizens held in Uzbekistan get home if they unfreeze a couple billionaires money.
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Blurry Moon@sun@shitposter.world (2026-09-23 17:20:41)
@clemens France is not actually saying who, they have only said it's a national security issue. So, we can assume, probably spies.
Clemens@clemens@mathstodon.xyz (2026-09-23 17:29:28)
@sun "a couple of billionaires" - one of them used to be the richest Russian. Given how big and public that "favour" to the Russians is, the explanation of "some spies" in Azerbaijan (confusingly not Uzbekistan) doesn't cut it.