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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW Douglas Lilburn, David Harper & Paul Whelan: 🎵 Elegy (Now He is Dead) #BBCRadio3 #DouglasLilburn #DavidHarper #PaulWhelan
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Aug 3, 2024

"Trump, that paragon of self-control, was on Truth Social this week... calling the #Jan6 2021, attack on the Capitol an “inside job” and #Election Day 2020 “the real #insurrection”; proclaiming himself to be what “God has ordained”... and disparaging the deal that secured the release from #Russia of #PaulWhelan, #EvanGershkovich, #VladimirKara-Murza and others: “Our ‘negotiators’ are always an embarrassment to us!"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/02/trump-reverts-unchanged-harris-vance-nabj/

#Trump #Weird #Creepy #GOP #Politics #USPOL #USA #News

Trump’s ‘disciplined’ campaign is unraveling

The out of control Trump — suppressed in recent months with varying degrees of success — is back.

The Washington Post
Houston Public MediaAug 2, 2024

In all, 16 political prisoners, journalists and others, including five Germans, were exchanged for eight Russians jailed in the U.S., Germany, Norway, Slovenia and Poland.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/national/2024/08/02/495491/americans-released-in-russian-prisoner-swap-are-back-in-the-u-s/

#National #News #AmericanJournalists #PaulWhelan #PrisonerSwap #Russia

Americans released in Russian prisoner swap are back in the U.S.

The trio exchanged handshakes and hugs with President Biden and Vice President Harris at the foot of their plane's stairs and embraced their family members as onlookers cheered.

Houston Public Media
Flipboard News DeskAug 2, 2024

Inside the "painstaking" negotiations that led to the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War.

CNN recaps how the unlikely deal came together: https://flip.it/6xSmSC

#PrisonerSwap #Russia #Putin #EvanGershkovich #PaulWhelan #Diplomacy #Politics #News

terradealtiAug 2, 2024
Intercambio de prisioneros entre Estados Unidos y Rusia libera a Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, y Vladimir Kara-Murza
https://terradealti.com/nq7c
#EvanGershkovich #PaulWhelan #LibertadDePrensa #Diplomacia #Kremlin #AdministraciónBiden #Putin
Intercambio de prisioneros entre Estados Unidos y Rusia libera a Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, y Vladimir Kara-Murza - Terra de Alti

El mundo fue testigo de un histórico intercambio de prisioneros entre Rusia y Occidente el jueves, el mayor de su tipo desde el fin de la Guerra Fría. 

Terra de Alti
Norobiik @[email protected]Aug 2, 2024

On a muggy evening at #AndrewsAirForceBase near #WashingtonDC, Gershkovich and the other freed prisoners, ex-marine #PaulWhelan and journalist #AlsuKurmasheva, touched down on #US soil and shortly later disembarked a Bombardier Jet from #Turkey. They were met by their families and the US president and vice-president.

#EvanGershkovich release: #Biden and #Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/02/biden-harris-greet-us-america-russia-prisoner-exchange

Evan Gershkovich release: Biden and Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap

Emotional scenes at Andrews air force base as Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva step onto American soil

The Guardian
Norobiik @[email protected]Aug 2, 2024

When a notorious Russian assassin and an American newspaper correspondent boarded separate planes in #Turkey on Thursday, it marked the culmination of a secretive, dramatic prisoner swap deal between #Russia and #TheWest that was years in the making. #US #Germany

#VadimKrasikov #EvanGershkovich #PaulWhelan
#AlsuKurmasheva
#AlexeiNavalny

Two years, secret talks, high stakes: How prisoner swap deal was struck
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6p2p4e43lro?utm_source=press.coop

Two years, secret talks, high stakes: The long road to prisoners deal

The deal between Russia and the West followed a tumultuous, dramatic path until its completion on Thursday.

Scott LucasAug 2, 2024

#UkraineWar, Days 890-891: Political Prisoners Freed From #Russia in 24-Person Exchange

#EvanGershkovich #AlsuKurmasheva #PaulWhelan

https://eaworldview.com/2024/08/ukraine-war-russia-political-prisoners-freed/

Ogie Ogilthorpe ✅Aug 2, 2024

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/08/01/evan-gershkovich-paul-whelan-return-after-prisoner-swap/74637708007/

Welcome home, it’s about time.
Well done #President #Biden

#PaulWhelan #EvanGershkovich #AlsuKurmasheva

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan are back home after historic prisoner swap

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gerskovich, former Marine Paul Whelan and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva landed back in the U.S. late Thursday night.

USA TODAY
JorroAug 2, 2024

#biden #JoeBiden #KamalaHarris #prisonerswap #paulwhelan #usapolitics

President Biden removed his American flag lapel pin and personally placed it on former Marine Paul Whelan during their meeting on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.