Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan wrongfully detained in Russia return to U.S.

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan arrived in the U.S. after the largest prisoner exchange with Russia since the Cold War.

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[Kathryn]

I applaud Biden! ❤ What an amazing accomplishment at the end of his term.

[lolsmileyfaceSB]

why the f are people still going to russia? its like cave diving

[chadmcfarland]

Why are you people going to Russia? I hear Palestine is nice this time of year also.

[Big-xhdk]

What about the ones wrongfully detained without charges in America ?

[mr.heisenberg]

The Russian bots here in this comment section are insane

[CitizenProud]

Where are other Americans who still in Russia?

[LoonieGoonr]

Americans, PLEASE STOP GOING TO RUSSIA! 🙏🏾

[ronald_kim]

Yes! They're home! Thank-you, for not giving up on their release, President Biden, and NSC Adviser Jake Sullivan!

[BlackandBlessed]

Biden Harris 🙏🏽
THANK YOU
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[MySpace]

The US Department of State should stop issuing visas to Russia.

[agentkodeh]

Why do they keep calling britney a she

[MrAntiBuffoonery]

How did you determine they were wrongfully detained?

[democracyisdead]

Russia won😅. Russia got real agent while American got ex Russian citizens 😅.

[kpoplovr_]

I'm so tired of hearing about Russia already. Putin needs to call it quit the war he is in with Ukraine and just call it a tie or something. Russia is really starting to annoy me now.

[tatianalyulkin]

But Gonzalo Lira will never come home.

[charmjdeane]

Britney's mental lapse started when a young boy was encouraged to pretend that he was a little girl.

[BlackandBlessed]

Trump could NEVER bring them home and shame on him for his chaos EVERY DAY

[villanark]

The Russian bots her like dang don’t you guys got like better things to be doing instead of constantly complaining about everything on the internet or just waist ur time watching Putin propaganda 🙃

[leecoleman]

There's more to this story 8 for 3 is wild

[cat_terrell]

Having cannabis carts in your International travel bags Is Not Like Forgetting your car keys! No Way!🤣