Russia frees ex-US marine Trevor Reed in prisoner exchange

Russia has exchanged Trevor Reed, a former American marine held in a Russian prison for three years, for its citizen Konstantin Yaroshenko, who was serving a 20-year sentence in the United States on drug charges.
The prisoner swap took place on Wednesday as the result of a lengthy negotiation process, foreign ministry spokewoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel.

Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from Washington, DC.


#RussiaUSPrisonSwap #Trevor Reed #KonstantinYaroshenko

[MrJuby]

He is lucky this time, so keep him home, this is what you get when you behave wrongly in another country.

[Abbadon]

Lesson 1) don't go to Russia
Lesson 2) if you have to go there follow their laws and dont assault the police while being drunk.

[MsDboyy]

Free the black female basketball player whose only mistake was going to Russia in the first place !

[OsamaSaeed]

There seems to be a story behind the story that this report doesn’t appear to want to get into

[UncleBuZ]

No memory of the event. Riiiight. When in Rome.

[Tariqification]

You'd think an ex marines mom won't be obese lol

[RebbeccaGuaylover]

Even the two enemy nations will exchange prisoners but none for Palestine

[Kaprwithos]

He's lucky, you do the crime, you do the time. If he wasn't a Marine he wouldn't have gotten this special treatment.

[jesusmicael]

You showed the american released but did not show the russian pilot released in exchange, why’s that.

[sphereboy]

Public relations opportunities for this lackluster administration

[nedludd]

So a drunken thug gets exchanged for a non-violent drug offender. Why is nothing said about what happened to the latter? Which one was the real hostage?

[killercuddles]

Sad ending....
Waste of tax money.
We have enough drunks here.

[gilbertobanaga]

Good decision for T. Reed & I salute u sir. 👍👍👍👍👍

[yaqob]

Obviously he can't remember because the alcohol

[nathanyahoo-xn]

Perhaps next time Trevor Reed wants to try his luck in China.

[swisstella]

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WOW U.S AMERICA IS A WHOLE HYPOCRISY HOW YOU NOT GOING TO DISCLOSE OTHER INFORMATION ON OTHER DETAINERS IN RUSSIA 😭😂🤣
🇷🇺ALL PRAISES & PREVAIL 2 RUSSIA ❤️❤️❤️ HERE IN THE U.S 🇺🇲 I STAND IN SUPPORT OF RUSSIA

[moereese]

Meanwhile they have Brittany Griner in the Gulag. Joe Biden- silence.

[X_x_kingfisher_x_X]

Should have been sent to Afghanistan!!