Three Americans back in the US after landmark Russia prisoner deal

The plane caryying Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former US Marine Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist holding dual U.S.-Russia citizenship, landed in the U.S. just before midnight to reunite with their families.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed them upon arrival.

This follows a histoic prisoner exchange in post-Soviet history carried out by the United States and Russia on…