Who Was Exchanged Today at the Border Between Poland and Belarus. What Is Known So F...

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❗️Poland has released the arrested Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin and returned him to Russia. The FSB reports this: "As a result of the exchange that took place on the Belarusian-Polish section of the border, two citizens of our country were returned to the homeland — a Russian scholar…

Who was exchanged today at the border between Poland and Belarus. What is known at the moment

🔹The exchange took place in a "5 for 5" format.

🔹Belarus handed over to the Polish side:

journalist Andrzej Poczobut,

two "career officers of the Moldovan special service who arrived in Russia in 2025" (quote from the FSB; their names were not given).

The identities of two more people are still unknown. But, judging by a statement by John Cole, Trump’s special envoy for Belarus, these are two Polish citizens.

🔹Poland handed over to the Belarusian side:

archaeologist Alexander Butyagin,

the "wife of a Russian serviceman serving in the Russian peacekeeping contingent in the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic" (quote from the FSB). Her name was later given as Nina Popova.

former deputy head of Moldova’s special services Alexander Balan.

The names of two more people are unknown. But BelTA had earlier written that "among those released are citizens of Belarus who carried out especially important tasks in the interests of ensuring our country’s national security and defense capability."

In the photo: Andrzej Poczobut and Gazeta Wyborcza journalist Bartosz Wieliński.