Brittney Griner freed from Russian prison in swap for convicted arms dealer
Dec 8, 2022 ·
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Russia released the jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a spectacular prisoner exchange for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been detained in a United...
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Russia released the jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a spectacular prisoner exchange for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been detained in a United States prison for 12 years.
"She's safe. She's on a plane," President Biden said at the White House, announcing her release."She's on her way home, after months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances. Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along. This is a day we've worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release."
Griner was convicted on a charge of attempting to smuggle narcotics into Russia, based on two vape cartridges containing hashish oil that were found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow in February, when she traveled to the country to rejoin her Russian pro team, UMMC Yekaterinburg.
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"She's safe. She's on a plane," President Biden said at the White House, announcing her release."She's on her way home, after months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances. Brittney will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along. This is a day we've worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release."
Griner was convicted on a charge of attempting to smuggle narcotics into Russia, based on two vape cartridges containing hashish oil that were found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow in February, when she traveled to the country to rejoin her Russian pro team, UMMC Yekaterinburg.
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