Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:56am on 02 Aug 2024,Friday International
Three Americans - Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Paul Whelan - have returned to the US after being released from Russian prisons in a prisoner exchange deal. The deal involved the release of 24 people and was negotiated with Russia and other countries over a year. The Americans landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where they were greeted by President Joe Biden. This exchange marks the largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West since the Cold War, with 13 other Western detainees released to Germany. The exchange was finalized after over a year of secret negotiations.
