"I'll be there when he is writing his name and counting to ten. I haven't allowed myself to think what life may be like if we can get through this," she said.
He added that those released had been convicted in "show trials" and sentenced to "long prison terms with absolutely no legitimate reason whatsoever".Mr Biden joined relatives of the three Americans and Kara-Murza on a call from the Oval Office after the exchange was completed.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he welcomed the releases, particularly of Kara-Murza and Whelan, who hold British citizenship.Meanwhile, the Kremlin said in a statement that 13 prisoners had been pardoned in order to secure the return of Russians held in prisons abroad.There was no explanation as to why the names of two of the released Germans, Patrick Schobel and Herman Moyzhes, were not included in the list of pardons.
German citizen Rico Krieger, who was sentenced to death in Belarusby the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko earlier this week, has also been released.
Others included in the deal are Russian political prisoners Ilya Yashin and Oleg Orlov.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz insisted the swap was "the right decision, and if you had any doubts, you will lose them after talking to those who are now free".In 2023, Sir Paul and Beatles drummer Sir Ringo Starr used AI to extract the vocals from an unfinished demo left by John Lennon to
The song, billed as the Beatles' final release, drew widespread praise and has been nominated for two Grammys and a Brit award."I think AI is great, and it can do lots of great things," Sir Paul said.
"We took an old cassette of John's and cleaned his voice up so it sounded like it had just been recorded yesterday. So it has its uses."But it shouldn't rip creative people off. There's no sense in that."