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The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years. President Joe Biden said Griner.
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WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap for Viktor.
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Brittney Griner's release is both a source of celebration and sadness for the family of Paul Whelan, the 52-year-old former U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018. Whelan's family.
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Arrested on the eve of war. Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February on drugs charges when vape cartridges containing a small quantity of cannabis oil were found in her luggage - just.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was detained at a Moscow airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, leaves the courtroom after the court's verdict in Khimki outside Moscow,.
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After months of detention in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner is finally back home in Texas with her family. Griner, a two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist and player for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, was arrested in Russia in February on charges of drug possession as she was leaving the country. Officials detained her after finding hashish oil in her luggage—a crime that carries up to.
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Russia said Friday that its ties with the United States were still in "crisis" despite a prisoner swap involving U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Griner's release on Thursday was the second publicly known U.S. prisoner swap with Russia since the war in Ukraine started, with the American Trevor Reed released in April in a prisoner.
Brittney Griner Freed After Prisoner Swap With Russian Viktor Bout
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout and was heading home on Thursday,.
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The U.S. is now offering to trade prisoners with Russia to bring home basketball star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine from Michigan. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to.
Brittney Griner could be traded for ‘Merchant of Death’, Russian news says
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap for Viktor.
WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout
U.S. reportedly offering prisoner trade with Russia in exchange for Texan Brittney Griner. CNN reported Wednesday that the U.S. has offered a prisoner exchange in order to bring the WNBA player.
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He has been convicted of espionage and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. Despite Blinken's public statement in July, US officials said the talks were stonewalled for months; Griner received a.
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2:08 Women's National Basketball Association player Brittney Griner, who had been detained in Russia since February, has been released from custody as part a high-level prisoner swap. The.
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First published on Fri 9 Dec 2022 06.17 EST. The American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the US early on Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange from nearly 10.