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On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia in August 2022 and sentenced to ...
WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife said in a post on Instagram Thursday that they “are overwhelmed with joy and relief” for the Americans recently released in a prisoner swap with Russia ...
Despite the White House's talk of a prisoner swap in exchange for her freedom, Brittney Griner has been convicted of drug smuggling and sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison. Brittney's lawyers ...
Griner’s release is the second publicly known U.S. prisoner swap with Russia since the war in Ukraine started. American Trevor Reed was released in April after spending nearly three years in a ...
Griner didn’t share how she learned of the prisoner exchange, but she said she was “definitely emotional” at hearing the news. “I’m sure it’ll be emotional even more a little bit later on," Griner said. "Yeah. I’m just happy. Like this is a big win. A huge win.” Griner returned to the U.S. in December 2022.
Twice gold medallist Griner was released from one of Russia's most notorious penal colonies in a high-profile prisoner exchange in December 2022 and returned to the WNBA months later for the 2023 ...
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Brittney Griner and Viktor Bout. The Dec. 9, 2022, exchange of the WNBA star for a Russian arms trader nicknamed the “merchant of death” was notable and controversial for the magnitude of its disparities. Griner had been arrested 10 months earlier on arrival at a Moscow airport when vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her ...