American Brittney Griner Released by Russia in Prisoner Swap for Arms Dealer Viktor Bout
American basketball player Brittney Griner has been released by Russian authorities in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Griner, 32, was en route to the United States, President Joe Biden said on Dec. 8.
“She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way home,” he told reporters at a briefing at the White House in Washington.
“This is a day we have worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release,” Biden added. “It took painstaking and intense negotiations and I want to thank all the hardworking public servants across my administration who worked tirelessly to secure her release.”…