Eston Kohver is free at last

Free at last...

Radio Free Europe has announced that, according to Russia's Federal Security Service, a deal has been cut between the Estonian and Russian governments to exchange the kidnapped and imprisoned Estonian security officer, Eston Kohver, for convicted Russian spy Aleksei Dressen.

If this is true, and it seems credible, then this is very good news for Eston Kohver and his family, and, whilst one assumes that a Russian spy gets away with his crimes as a result, it does offer an opportunity to slightly ratchet down tensions in the Baltics.

Of course, that does rather depend on whether or not the Russian government is sincere in any way. I wonder what Cicero thinks?...

UPDATE: According to the Estonian Embassy in London, Eston is back in Estonia.