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I strongly welcome the news that Russia has released a number of prisoners today, and am particularly relieved that British nationals Vladimir Kara-Murza and Paul Whelan will soon be reunited with their families.
Last night Foreign Secretary David Lammy said I believe all our enemies should stay there [out of Russia] and all those who are not our enemies should return
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said I want to congratulate you on your return to the motherland,
Putin said after welcoming them I want to thank you for your loyalty to the oath, duty and the Motherland, which did not forget about you.
Addressing those who had served in Russia's military, he added Some of these women and men have been unjustly held for years. All have endured unimaginable suffering and uncertainty. Today, their agony is over,
Krasikov is a very high-value asset who will be debriefed by the Russian security services on the operation, how he got apprehended, what he learned during the interrogations in Germany, and everything the Russians are interested in,
Our obligation to protect German nationals and our solidarity with the USA were important motivations,
the German government said Thursday ... according to a Reuters report There has never been, so far as we know, been an exchange involving so many countries, so many close U.S. partners and allies working together,
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters I particularly owe a great sense of gratitude to the chancellor."
President Biden also championed Germany’s efforts in the prisoner swap and said It matters to have relationships. It really does,
Krasikov is a high-ranking colonel in the elite Spetsnaz unit of the FSB,
Rebekah Koffler, former DIA intelligence officer and author of "Putin’s Playbook," told Fox News Digital in reference to Russia’s intelligence agency the Federal Security Service (FSB). The demands they were making to me required me to get some significant concessions from Germany,
We all voted for him. We're very disappointed in the lack of communication we have had with the administration, and we're devastated Marc wasn't part of this swap."
Asked what she would say to President Joe Biden, Jane Fogel said Through many difficult conversations over the past several years, I told the families of those wrongfully detained in Russia that we would not forget them,
Our message is pretty simple, and that is that while today is a good day, our work doesn't stop,
This is now Paul's story to tell, and I'm sure he will, in time, communicate how he wants to tell it,
David wrote in a statement We are devastated, and we feel that Marc has definitely been left behind,
Jane Fogel, Marc's wife of 27 years, told Newsweek on Thursday While Brittney was swapped within a year of her arrest for one of the world's most notorious Russian arms dealers, Marc was left behind,
We are overwhelmed with relief and elated for Evan and his family, as well as for the others who were released,
Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal publisher Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker told Newsweek in a statement We reserve special recognition and appreciation for Evan's mother, Ella; his father, Mikhail; and his sister, Danielle, and her husband Anthony, who have been steadfast partners throughout this unthinkable ordeal,