The Russian singer involved in the prisoner exchange was impressed by the MİT personnel: They were like characters in Turkish TV series, very cool and stylish.

The Russian singer involved in the prisoner exchange, who is spoken by the whole world, admired the MIT personnel. The artist, who used the expression "They were very stylish like characters in Turkish series", drew attention to the difference between Turkish officials and Russian intelligence personnel.

MİT SIGNATURE IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE EXCHANGE OPERATION

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has signed the most comprehensive exchange operation of the recent period, which includes the mutual exchange of 26 people held in prisons in the USA, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Norway, Russia, and Belarus. In the operation, which is recorded as the largest prisoner exchange since World War II, two children were transferred to Russia, 13 people to Germany, and 3 people to the USA.

ANTI-WAR ARTIST SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON

Sasha Skachilenko, a Russian artist released by Russia, was also among those exchanged in the operation. The artist, who stuck labels on products in a major chain supermarket in Russia to protest the occupation of Ukraine in 2022, was sentenced to 7 years in prison on charges of sharing defamatory false information about the Russian army within the scope of the disinformation crime accepted immediately after the occupation of Ukraine.

"TURKS WERE LIKE TV CHARACTERS, AN INCREDIBLY IMPRESSIVE MOMENT"

Skachilenko, who described the moment of exchange, said that the process developed very quickly for them. He said that no explanation was made to them until the last moment and that he was afraid of being executed when they were taken out of prison and put on a bus.

In an interview he gave in Germany, the famous artist described what happened at Ankara Esenboğa Airport and said that the MIT officials were like characters in TV series and expressed his admiration as follows: "They didn't tell us where we were going for a long time. I started to think that we would be killed. We were thinking, 'Will the plane be shot down?' The events happened very suddenly, we were all shocked. We felt relieved when we finally arrived in Ankara."

Skachilenko said that they got on a bus when they got off the plane and said, "The Turks who welcomed us were like characters in TV series. They were all dressed in black suits, serious, and very modern-looking. They smelled of perfume. The whole place was filled with beautiful perfume scents. They were very different from ours with their headphones and that cool posture. They were very stylish and it was an incredibly impressive moment," he said.