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Trevor Reed reunited with family in US after prisoner transfer

By Mike Brest
Published April 28, 2022 3:03pm ET
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Trevor Reed reunited with family in US after prisoner transfer
A poster photo of U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Russian prisoner Trevor Reed stands in Lafayette Park near the White House on March 30, 2022, in Washington. | (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Trevor Reed, the former Marine who was detained in Russia for nearly three years, has now arrived back in the United States.

In exchange for Reed’s release on Wednesday, the U.S. agreed to return Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot serving a 20-year federal prison sentence in Connecticut for conspiracy to smuggle drugs into the U.S.

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