Russian television footage shows two Americans, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, boarding a plane after being released as part of a prisoner swap between Russia and the West.
Sixteen prisoners have been released from Russian prisons in the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War.
Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, and Whelan, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship, are among those on their way back to the United States.
US President Joe Biden has celebrated the release of the American prisoners, adding that the exchange was largely thanks to America’s allies.
