Plane carrying detainees released by Russia lands in US

A plane carrying detainees released by Russia landed in the United States late on Thursday at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, media footage showed. Russia freed US journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-US Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War. The White House said the US had negotiated the trade with Russia, Germany and three other countries. The deal, negotiated in secrecy for more than a year, involved 24 prisoners, including 16 moving from Russia to the West and eight prisoners held in the West being sent back to Russia.

Al Jazeera's Heidi Zhou-Castro joins live from Maryland.

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[abrahama]

This proves just how incompetent Netanyahu is.

[geoms]

My wife asked me why I was whispering at home I said I was worried that Mark Zuckerberg was listening, She laughed. I laughed. Alexa laughed. Siri laughed..We all laughed...

[lionofjudah]

Glad they are home I have some words of suggestion....Stay Out of Russia...period.

[jemaltedoradze]

Imagine, how they are happy to back home .

[supongjamir-vwnn]

Election's near and the Democrat's played the card well 😂

[sanjaysanj]

Biden's 1st question : who r u ? 2nd who am I ? 😆

[arefkr]

You don't want to be a prisoner in Russia? Don' commit spionage!

[alistair]

I have to laugh at the U.S. narritive on this NATO prisioners were innocent good people and all Russian prisoners were bad criminals

[nashbeezisunge]

This just shows that Peace and Friendship between Russia and USA is possible

[gobinlimbu]

after watching both putin and joe...putin was like a lion receiving his fellow lion fighters and joe was like a wet racoon receiving a wet and defeated chihuahua...😂😂😂

[dennisnjonanje]

How he reacted to her introduction 😂 „aljazeera?“

[faysalafrin]

Today our country needs other countries to save the Bangladeshi student 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[RachmaHidayati-sl]

*Russia🇷🇺 have border/maritime disputes with Ukraine & Japan.*
make border/maritime agreement & peace.

[NUFC]

I love Russia and president Putin! The man is a legend!

[bigdaddyrat]

America don't forsake its prisoners...no 'Hannibal Directive' in the USA.

[adne]

*russia🇷🇺 need new President, Vladimir Putin 20 years in office.*

[kelvindavid]

That is the actions of the words of Trump

[AlexWatson-tf]

Better than the Brittany Griner Viktor Bout trade. That was laughable from Joe.

[firstamendment]

With Trump, this is possible. With JESUS, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!






















WITH THE DEMOCRATS, AND THE WEF, SLAVERY IS IMMINENT, FOR THOSE APART FROM JESUS!!!!

[geofig]

That old men don't know nothing his like a somby taking and walking.