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Evan Gershkovich release: Americans land in the US after Russia prisoner exchange – live

US president and vice-president expected to meet returnees around 11.30pm ET; video shows moment Evan Gershkovich and others board plane

As part of the deal, according to the Turkish presidency, Belarus has released German citizen Rico Krieger.

Krieger was sentenced to death but granted a pardon this week by the country’s autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko.

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