President Vladimir Putin has personally greeted the Russians whose release from Western incarceration was secured by a major exchange on Thursday.
Putin came to the Vnukovo-2 airport outside Moscow with Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, FSB chief Aleksandar Bortnikov and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) head Sergey Naryshkin.
“I want to thank you all for staying faithful to your oaths, your duty, and your country that has not forgotten you,” Putin told the returnees. “We will see each other again. We will talk about your future. Now I just want to congratulate you on your return.”
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