The U.S. basketball star, who also played in Russia, was arrested there in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil.
SAN ANTONIO — American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after beingThe deal, which saw her swapped for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, secured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad and achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden. But the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday’s swap, saying in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the exchange took place in Abu Dhabi and Bout had been flown home.‘Maga Parsons’ and ‘Pass Rush Limbaugh’ are trending, and Micah Parsons is apologizing. Here’s why In releasing Bout, the U.S. freed a former Soviet Army lieutenant colonel whom the Justice Department once described as one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers. He was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. in 2010.
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