Eggs and Bananas: Life after a Russian prison

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watch as US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva embraces her husband Pavel Butorin and their daughters Miriam Butorin and Bibi Butorinasas at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1, 2024. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT - AFP via Getty Images

It's been more than three weeks since the U.S. and Russia completed the largest prisoner swap since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Speaking from the White House shortly after news broke that three American prisoners were headed home, President Biden described the release as an "incredible relief."

Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was one of those prisoners, and she's sharing what life was like in a Russian prison and how she's adjusting to life at home.

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