'Loyalty to motherland': Putin welcomes prisoners freed after landmark deal with West, promises state awards

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a hero's welcome to prisoners freed in a historic exchange with the West as they stepped off a plane in Moscow, promising them state awards and a conversation about their futures. The 71-year-old President thanked them for their 'loyalty to the Motherland' after striking the biggest East-West prisoner exchange deal in post-Cold War period.

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