News report

# Russian Alexander Vinnik back in Moscow after prisoner swap, RIA news agency says

Reuters, February 13, 2025. Vinnik release from U.S. custody and return to Russia in prisoner exchange.

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** February 13, 2025

**Research grade:** S1

**Used in entries:** 7

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Reuters

**Published:** February 13, 2025

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.reuters.com/world/plane-carrying-alexander-vinnik-released-by-us-prisoner-swap-arrives-moscow-2025-02-13/](https://www.reuters.com/world/plane-carrying-alexander-vinnik-released-by-us-prisoner-swap-arrives-moscow-2025-02-13/)

**What it supports:** Vinnik release from U.S. custody and return to Russia in prisoner exchange

**Dataset id:** src\_reuters\_vinnik\_swap\_2025

How this source is used

Cited 7 times across 3 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 21, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

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[Federal Bureau of Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/btc-e-disruption)

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[Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/btc-e-disruption)

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[United States Secret Service](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/btc-e-disruption)

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[Homeland Security Investigations](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/btc-e-disruption)

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[United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/btc-e-disruption)

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### Legal actions against people

1 citation

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Alexander Vinnik](https://takedownindex.org/people/alexander-vinnik)

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