Ku itariki ya 11 Gashyantare 2025, Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zatangaje ko Marc Fogel, umwarimu w’Umunyamerika wafungiwe mu Burusiya kuva mu 2021, yarekuwe kandi ari mu nzira agaruka muri Amerika. Fogel, w’imyaka 66, yafashwe ku kibuga cy’indege cya Sheremetyevo afite marijuana yandikiwe na muganga kugira ngo imufashe mu kurwanya ububabare bw’umugongo, maze akatirwa igifungo cy’imyaka 14 muri 2022.
Irekurwa rya Fogel ryagezweho binyuze mu biganiro byayobowe na Steve Witkoff, intumwa idasanzwe ya Perezida Donald Trump mu Burasirazuba bwo Hagati. Nubwo ibikubiye mu masezerano yatumye arekurwa bitatangajwe, White House yavuze ko iri rekurwa ari ikimenyetso cyiza mu mubano hagati ya Amerika n’Uburusiya ndetse n’intambwe ishimishije mu biganiro bigamije kurangiza intambara yo muri Ukraine.
Umuryango wa Fogel wasohoye itangazo rigira riti: “Turashimira Perezida Trump n’itsinda rye ku bw’ubwitange bagize mu gukura Marc muri ubu bubabare. Ibi biduha icyizere gishya nyuma y’imyaka itatu y’ububabare.”
Irekurwa rya Fogel rije rikurikira andi masezerano y’ubuhahirane hagati ya Amerika n’Uburusiya, harimo n’ayabaye muri Kanama 2024, ubwo habaga impindurany prisoners nini kuva nyuma y’intambara y’ubutita, aho abanyamerika batatu barimo umunyamakuru Evan Gershkovich barekuwe.
Nubwo irekurwa rya Fogel ari intambwe ishimishije, haracyari abandi Banyamerika bafungiwe mu Burusiya, barimo Ksenia Khavana, ufite ubwenegihugu bwa Amerika n’Uburusiya, wakatiwe igifungo azira gufasha umuryango w’ubugiraneza muri Ukraine.
