Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was released from a French prison after being exchanged for Swiss academic Laurent Vinatier, who was sentenced for foreign agent activities.

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was released from a French prison after being exchanged for Swiss academic Laurent Vinatier, who was sentenced for foreign agent activities.

@mash 08 Jan 2026, 14:00

Basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France for cyber fraud, has returned to Russia after being exchanged for a French doctor of sciences convicted of foreign agent activities.

@ostorozhno_novosti 08 Jan 2026, 13:53

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for the French citizen Laurent Vinathie, suspected of espionage, who was pardoned by presidential decree.

@varlamov_news 08 Jan 2026, 13:53

Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was exchanged for Frenchman Laurent Vinatier, suspected of espionage, according to the FSB's statement.

@meduzalive 08 Jan 2026, 13:51

Russian basketball player Kasatkin has been released from a French prison and returned to Moscow after being detained at the request of the United States, where he was suspected of connections to a hacker group.

@bazabazon 08 Jan 2026, 13:25

Basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was released from prison in France and returned to Moscow, despite being accused by the US of involvement in a hacker group and extortion.

@meduzalive 08 Jan 2026, 13:23