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Biden, Harris Welcome Home Freed US Hostages From Russia

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US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed home Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan and other Americans freed in the largest prisoner swap with Russia since the Cold War.

Biden took a salute from Whelan before embracing him, and clasped Gershkovich and fellow journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual Russian and US citizenship, after their plane landed just before midnight at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. They were part of a deal with Russia that included a prized assassin sought by President Vladimir Putin.

The swap, which took place on the airport tarmac in Ankara, included two dozen people, 16 going to the West and eight being returned to Russia. Among them were other American citizens as well as Russians convicted of crimes and imprisoned in the US, Germany, Poland, Norway and Slovenia.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-01/russia-releases-us-reporter-in-major-swap-for-kremlin-agents?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=omvmmwIg

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