据白宫消息，自2021年因毒品指控被捕以来一直被关押在俄罗斯的美国人马克·福格尔(Marc Fogel)于周二获释。
63岁的福格尔是一名美国教师，在俄罗斯监狱服刑14年。美国国务院向ABC新闻证实，前国务卿安东尼·布林肯在2024年10月认为他“被错误拘留”。
白宫国家安全顾问迈克·瓦尔兹(Mike Waltz)周二下午在一份声明中说，“特朗普总统、史蒂夫·维特科夫(Steve Witkoff)和总统的顾问们就一项交换进行了谈判，这是俄罗斯人善意的表现，也是我们朝着结束乌克兰残酷而可怕的战争的正确方向前进的标志。”
一名白宫官员向美国广播公司证实，福格尔大约在晚上9点30分降落在美国领土上，正在前往白宫的路上。
特朗普周二下午在椭圆形办公室告诉记者，福格尔将于晚上10点左右抵达白宫
当被问及美国是否给予了任何回报时，特朗普回应道，“不多，没有。他们非常好。实际上，俄罗斯对我们非常友好。”
他还重申了结束俄乌战争的必要性，称“我希望这是一种关系的开始，我们可以结束这场战争，数百万人可以不再被杀害。”
美国国务卿马尔科·卢比奥(John Kerry)在周二的一份声明中表示，“马克的获释也提醒人们，其他美国公民仍被关押在俄罗斯。特朗普总统承诺将他们全部带回家。”
福格尔的律师Dmitry Ovsyannikov向ABC新闻证实，福格尔已经获释，并于周二早些时候离开俄罗斯。他的律师说，在离开俄罗斯前不久，他设法给家人打了电话。
他的律师说，福格尔上周从关押他的监狱被转移到莫斯科。
Ovsyannikov说，他的辩护团队没有被安全部队告知他的交换，也不知道他被交换给了谁。
福格尔是莫斯科英美学校的老师，美国大使馆的许多外交官都把他们的孩子送到那里。
这位两个孩子的父亲于2021年8月在莫斯科机场降落时被捕。他被指控试图携带11克大麻，据报道，在他的行李中发现了8克麻油。
这位宾夕法尼亚州人因毒品走私指控被判14年，他的家人说这是捏造的，美国曾呼吁人道主义释放他。
She said he was in good spirits and "couldn't have been happier" to be coming home.
"We kept hoping, but it seemed to get further and further away. And we just we prayed a lot," she said. "My entire family prayed his way out of there anyway. We just couldn't be more thankful."
His sister, Anne Fogel, said they plan to meet in Pittsburgh after he receives post-isolation support in San Antonio, Texas.
"He's so ready to be home," she said, calling her brother "resilient."
Elected officials in Pennsylvania celebrated Fogel's release.
"After more than 3 years in Russian captivity, I join his family, our federal partners, and all of his fellow Pennsylvanians in welcoming Marc Fogel home -- exactly where he belongs," Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wrote in a post on X while thanking the White House "who made his release possible."
Sen. John Fetterman commended Trump and Witkoff for their "efforts in finally bringing Marc home." Sen. Dave McCormick said he has been working with the administration on this "since day one" and said he was grateful to Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio "for delivering on their commitment to free Marc."
"As I told Marc's Mom, Mafa, when we spoke in August, we had to do everything possible to get Marc home and it is a blessing that this day has finally come," McCormick said.
