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Freed American says she’s ‘finally being treated as a human being’ after Russian detention

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Alsu Kurmasheva says she's "finally being treated as a human being" in first TV interview since her release.

She says she didn’t believe she was free until “the very end” before reuniting with her family.

She and fellow freed Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan were reunited with their families at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last week .

Roger Carstens says he once had 54 hostage cases that are now down to just over 20 .

The Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs has served as the US ’ top hostage negotiator since 2020 .

Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested Sunday that the deal has increased Putin ’s leverage on the West .

VR Score

69

Informative language

64

Neutral language

34

Article tone

informal

Language

English

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48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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