The high-profile pair were traded on neutral territory after months of speculation Russia and the US have conducted a high-level prisoner swap, involving businessman Viktor Bout and WNBA star Brittney Griner.

The West’s embargo and price caps won’t affect Russian production, the country’s energy ministry says Russian oil output will not fall off a cliff following the imposition of the EU-G7 price cap on the country’s crude, First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin stated on Thursday.

The Russian energy major says it lost $1.6 billion after Berlin took control of its refineries Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft has reported a slump in revenue during the first nine months of the year, attributing it to the loss of its Germany-based refineries.