Americans Released As Part Of Exchange With Russian Federation Fly In To Washington, DC

• 2.08.2024, 7:37

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met them at the airport.

The plane carrying U.S. citizens freed in Russia as part of a large exchange landed at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington. Journalists Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmashova, and former Marine Paul Whelan were on board.

This is reported by Charter97.org with reference to the White House broadcast and Twitter of US President Joe Biden.

The American president met them at the airfield. In addition, Vice President Kamala Harris also met the released from Russian detention centres.

You can see in the footage released by the media, how Gershkovich, Whelan and Kurmashova are embraced by their loved ones, relatives and top officials.

We remind you that on August 1, there was a large exchange of prisoners between Russia and Belarus on the one hand and the United States and Germany on the other. In total, the countries exchanged 24 prisoners.