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Basketball player arrested for alleged ransomware ties freed in Russia-France prisoner swap

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10 Jan, 2026

Jonathan Greig reports: A Russian basketball player accused of being involved in a ransomware gang was freed in a prisoner exchange between Russia and France. Daniil Kasatkin, 26, was seen in a video shared by Russian state news outlet TASS emerging from a plane that was then used to send French researcher Laurent Vinatier back to France…

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