Biden sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to daughter of freed journalist Kurmasheva | VOA News #shorts

President Joe Biden sings Happy Birthday to Miriam Butorin, Alsu Kurmasheva's daughter, who celebrates her 13th birthday Friday. Kurmasheva, along with other political prisoners who have been detained in Russia, was released Thursday in a historic prisoner swap deal between the U.S. and Russia.

The historic prisoner swap with Russia included the release of American journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and permanent resident Vladimir Kara-Murza.

In total, the U.S. secured the release of 16 individuals, including five wrongfully detained Germans and seven Russian citizens, in return for eight Russians held in the U.S., Germany, Poland, Norway and Slovenia.

It marked the largest prisoner swap between the United States and Russia since the Cold War.

Alongside the Americans, the deal secures the release of German nationals and Russian political prisoners, including Dieter Voronin, Kevin Lick, Rico Krieger, Patrick Schoebel, Herman Moyzhes, Ilya Yashin, Liliya Chanysheva, Kseniya Fadeyeva, Vadim Ostanin, Andrey Pivovarov, Oleg Orlov, and Sasha Skochilenko.

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