US Basketballer, Brittney Griner, Freed In Russian Prisoner Swap
Basketball star Brittney Griner is “safe” and headed home to the United States after being freed from a Russian prison in a swap for the notorious arms dealer, Viktor Bout, the two countries announced on Thursday. Adding that she should be back in the United States within 24 hours.
The Olympic legend, who was being held in a remote penal colony, was arrested at a Moscow airport in February and handed nine years in prison in August for possessing vape cartridges with a small quantity of cannabis oil.
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