拜登让白宫热泪盈眶,为被释放的俄罗斯囚犯女儿唱“生日快乐”
2024-08-31 10:54

拜登让白宫热泪盈眶,为被释放的俄罗斯囚犯女儿唱“生日快乐”

华盛顿——拜登总统带领人群在白宫为周四与俄罗斯交换释放的一名囚犯的女儿献上了“生日快乐”,在他所谓的“残酷折磨”结束时,他含泪拥抱了她。

拜登呼吁白宫国宴厅里的与会者为米里亚姆·布托林唱歌。在她13岁生日的前一天,米里亚姆的母亲阿尔苏·库尔马舍娃从俄罗斯被释放,与她一起获释的还有美国永久居民弗拉基米尔·卡拉-穆尔扎、美国公民保罗·惠兰和埃文·格什科维奇。

“截至今天,我的政府已将70多名在国外被错误拘留或扣为人质的美国人带回家,”总统宣布,并指出他的政府已采取行政行动,对拘留他们的人实施制裁和旅行禁令。

President Joe Biden, right, looking over to Miriam Butorin, center, as Elizabeth Whelan, left, looks on after he delivered remarks on a priso<em></em>ner swap with Russia from the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Washington.

“他们从未放弃希望。我们无法想象他们经历了什么,”总统谈到被释放的囚犯和他们的家人时说。

“明天是个大日子,是米里亚姆的13岁生日,”他接着说,然后停下来拥抱她,并唱了一首《生日快乐》,欢迎她加入“拜登家族的传统”。

在歌曲结束后,拜登忍不住讲了一个笑话来缓和气氛。

他说:“记住,30岁之前不要找正经男人。”“上帝爱你。”

布托林走回来,拥抱了她的家人,然后擦去了眼泪。

The family of Alsu Kurmasheva: husband Pavel Butorin (Back), daughter Miriam Butorin (R) and daughter Bibi Butorin (L) embrace while listening to US President Joe Biden speaking on a priso<em></em>ner swap with Russia, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

“现在她可以和妈妈一起庆祝了。这就是问题所在,”他热情地补充道。

拜登政府通过一系列行政措施,对几个将美国人作为人质的国家实施制裁和旅行禁令,导致70多名囚犯后来获释。

星期四,俄罗斯总共释放了16名囚犯,以交换被西方国家关押的8名俄罗斯人,其中包括俄罗斯杀手瓦迪姆·克拉西科夫,他因谋杀罪在德国服刑。

Miriam Butorin, daughter of Alsu Kurmasheva, reacts during an event wher<em></em>e U.S. President Joe Biden speaks a<em></em>bout the release of Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who were detained in Russia, at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 1, 2024.

拜登在接受《每日邮报》(Daily Mail)采访时回答说:“我带回来的是无辜的人。”

在离开俄罗斯的16名囚犯中,有3名是美国人,1名是美国永久绿卡持有者。另外五名是德国公民,七名是俄罗斯公民,他们被囚禁在自己的国家。

2018年,海军陆战队退伍军人惠兰因毫无根据的间谍指控而入狱,而《华尔街日报》记者格什科维奇最近因虚假的间谍指控被判处16年监禁。

US President Joe Biden embraces Miriam Butorin, the 12-year-old daughter of Aslu Kurmasheva, as he speaks a<em></em>bout the priso<em></em>ner exchange with Russia, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 1, 2024. In this image released by the White House US President Joe Biden (L), with priso<em></em>ners relatives, watches as sisters Miriam (3rd L) and Bibi Butorin speak with their mother, released priso<em></em>ner journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, on August 1, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin, greets released Russian priso<em></em>ners upon their arrival at the Vnukovo government airport outside Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Alexander Bortnikov and Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin welcome Russian nationals, who were released in a priso<em></em>ner exchange between Russia with Western countries Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, greets released Russian priso<em></em>ners and relatives at the government terminal of the Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 1, 2024. Vladimir Putin walks behind Russian natio<em></em>nals Artyom Dultsev, Anna Dultseva and their children following a priso<em></em>ner exchange during a welcoming ceremony at Vnukovo Internatio<em></em>nal Airport in Moscow, Russia August 1, 2024.

库尔马舍娃,拥有美俄双重国籍,自由欧洲电台/自由电台记者;因散布有关俄罗斯军方的虚假信息而被判处六年多徒刑。

卡拉-穆尔扎是《华盛顿邮报》的专栏作家,因公开反对俄罗斯在2022年入侵乌克兰而被控叛国罪,并被判处25年监禁。

“他们的残酷折磨结束了,他们自由了,”总统在白宫的四名囚犯由家人代表飞往土耳其安卡拉后庆祝,预计他们将抵达美国。

就在囚犯获释的一个多星期前,拜登放弃了2024年的连任竞选,支持副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯取代他成为民主党总统候选人。

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