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My daughters and I know Alsu has done nothing wrong. And the world knows it too. We need her home.”
Meanwhile, her husband Pavel Butorin, who also works for RFE/RL, wrote on X I know the U.S. have all sorts of proposals, but it’s not what the Russians want,
He was an accredited journalist doing journalism, and this is a sham trial, bogus charges that are completely trumped up,
Conti told The Associated Press It seems that my current 25-year sentence will not be the limit,
Since the beginning of the Administration, the President has been personally engaged in the effort to secure the release of Americans held hostage and wrongfully detained around the world, including Paul Whelan and fellow American Evan Gershkovich,
the White House said in a statement Not since the Cold War has there been a similar number of individuals exchanged in this way and there has never, so far as we know, been an exchange involving so many countries, so many close U.S. partners and allies working together,
Sullivan said on a call with reporters That it was done in a trade for Russian operatives guilty of serious crimes was predictable as the only solution given President Putin’s cynicism,
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,
This is a powerful example of why it’s vital to have friends in this world whom you can trust and depend upon. Our alliances make Americans safer,
Today, we celebrate the return of Paul, Evan, Alsu, and Vladimir and rejoice with their families,
The deal that secured their freedom was a feat of diplomacy. All told, we’ve negotiated the release of 16 people from Russia—including five Germans and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners in their own country,
My greatest thanks, though, must go to Evan himself."
It’s the culmination of many rounds of complex, painstaking negotiations over many, many months,
Still, too many families are suffering and separated from their loved ones, and I have no higher priority as President than bringing those Americans home,
Journalism is clearly not a crime, ... Not here, not there, not anywhere in the world. And Putin should release Evan and Alsu immediately ... And I give you my word as a Biden, we're not going to give up until we get them home. All of them. All of them."
the president said in April at the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, D.C It’s certainly a reminder for all of our reporters who are in dangerous places that journalism is a risky business,
It became clear that the Russians would not agree to the release of these individuals without an exchange that included Vadim Krasikov.”
They’re old enough to understand the brutality of the regime that captured their mother,
he told VOA in early July at their Prague home And on the way back home from school, she would always bring snacks, and we would always talk about our day. I really miss that,
Today's exchange will be historic,
said White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan during a call with reporters
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