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Americans Gershkovich and Whelan released from Russia after historic prisoner swap

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Historic prisoner swap: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan are now in US custody after the biggest prisoner exchange between the US and Russia since the Cold War. President Joe Biden celebrated the release and is set to deliver remarks at noon ET. Families of the American prisoners are at the White House to meet with the president, a source says.

Other released prisoners: Turkey said it played a mediator role in the prisoner swap, which involved 24 detainees and seven countries. German national Rico Krieger, imprisoned in Belarus, Russian dissident Ilya Yashin, convicted Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov, jailed in Germany, and Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva were also part of the exchange. See a full list of who was freed here.

Complicated negotiations: Thursday’s massive swap was the result of complicated behind-the-scenes negotiations involving the US, Russia, Belarus and Germany ultimately leading Berlin to agree to release Krasikov, Moscow’s key demand. The deal ends a nightmare that lasted more than five years for Whelan and more than a year for Gershkovich. Both were designated by the US as wrongfully detained.

Whelan, Gershkovich and Kurmasheva are on their way back to the US, Blinken says

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that three Americans are now on their way back to the US after a massive US-Russia prisoner swap.

“Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, and Alsu Kurmasheva are now on their way back to the United States from Russia. Through the extraordinary efforts of countless people in the State Department and across our government, the United States was able to strike an agreement to secure their freedom, as well as that of Vladimir Kara-Murza and twelve others held prisoner inside Russia,” Blinken said in a statement.

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Blinken thanked five countries for their support in this historic deal.

“We are grateful for the support we had from a number of our allies who made this deal possible, in particular Germany, Poland, Norway, and Slovenia. We further appreciate the Turkish government providing a location for the safe return of these individuals to the United States and Germany,” Blinken said.

Blinken said that he has had many “difficult conversations” in recent years when he “told the families of those wrongfully detained in Russia that we would not forget them.”

“I know there are many times over those years where they have wondered if our work would ever bear fruit. But I also know that they never gave up hope, and neither did we,” Blinken said.

Blinken also reiterated that pledge to American families whose loved ones are not coming home today: “We will not forget you, and we will not rest until you see your loved ones again,” he said.

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/prisoner-swap-russia-us/index.html


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Great news... Wonder how the MAGA's will attempt to turn this on Biden?


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My first guess is they will claim Biden gave up too much to get them back and that trump could have gotten a better deal. I would bet money that's what trump will say.


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Originally Posted by PitDAWG
My first guess is they will claim Biden gave up too much to get them back and that trump could have gotten a better deal. I would bet money that's what trump will say.

A reporter asked Biden about what Trump said, that he could have gotten them out without giving anything... Biden responded by asking: Why didn't he do it when he was President then?


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And there it is.....


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Originally Posted by PitDAWG
And there it is.....


Oh it gets better.. he goes on to say that after he's elected, Putin would release these people without any prisoner exchange at all right after the election but before he actually takes office. And that Putin would do that for Trump but for no one else.

FYI, Putin thanked Biden... When asked about speaking to Putin, Biden said "I don't need to"

We've all seen him get caught up in his own web of deceit, but never this quickly,, Yikes


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Visions of the Iranian hostage deal flash back into my mind...


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Kudos for Joe! That man is a great example of leadership.

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Just saw this and can’t see how any American could be hating on Biden.


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I didn't bother to watch your propoganda, but there is plenty of reason to hate on Biden. He lied to the American People and staged a coverup of his cognitive decline. He is not fit to run the country because he is a braindead corpse but is power hungry and didn't want to step down. His whole administration is complicit in the cover up and that is SHAMEFUL that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVERED UP HIS DISMINISHED FACULITIES. They lied to America, calling video showing Biden's inadequacy as "cheap fakes" Straight lies from the WHITEHOUSE.

You are the party of LIES. Who will LIE and COVERUP to stay in power.

SHAME. Libtards everywhere should be embarrassed but they are lemmings who lap up whatever they are fed. WEIRD, HUH?

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Originally Posted by EveDawg
I didn't bother to watch your propoganda, but there is plenty of reason to hate on Trump. He lied to the American People about winning the 2020 election and staged a coup to take over the government. He is not fit to run the country because he is a braindead corpse but is power hungry and didn't want to step down to the point he attempted a coup to overthrow the 2020 eection. His whole administration is complicit in the cover up and that is SHAMEFUL that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COVERED UP HIS ATTEMPT AT OVERTHROWING OUR ELECTION.. They lied to America, calling video showing Trump's inadequacy as "cheap fakes" Straight lies from the WHITEHOUSE.

You are the party of LIES. Who will LIE and TRY TO OVERTHROW THE ELECTION to stay in power.

SHAME. Trumpians everywhere should be embarrassed but they are lemmings who lap up whatever they are fed. WEIRD, HUH?

Yes, very weird.


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Eve, more American citizens are libtards than Trump brownshirts, no libtard has told citizens they won't have to vote anymore once "he's" enthroned, the libtards old guy never advocated to inject bleach/or light into body to kill covid (weird), nor has any libtard stated George Washington saved the airports or told the nation F-35 aircraft were invisible- you just can't see them, with pilots who flew them biting their lips behind him because he's that old/stupid.....anyone but TRUMP.


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Why do you Goper’s hate it when a democrat president secures the freedom of Americans held hostage by Putin?


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