Russia’s foreign ministry says it has traded US basketball star Brittney Griner for Russian citizen Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap. 7NEWS
Biden was set to make remarks later, the White House said.
Talks to secure her release were complicated by Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent deep souring of ties between the US and Russia. She was sentenced on August 4 to nine years in a penal colony on charges of possessing and smuggling drugs.US basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout have been involved in a prisoner exchange.Last month she was taken to a penal colony in the Russian region of Mordovia to serve her prison sentence.
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