A former close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Joe Biden got 'outplayed' in the Brittney Griner prisoner swap.
Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson reports on WNBA player Brittney Griner being freed from Russia in a prisoner swap for ‘merchant of death’ Viktor Bout.that sent WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the United States for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout.Markov called Griner an"excellent athlete" and a"simple girl" but that Bout was more important to Russia. He added that prisoner swaps between Russia and the U.S. should favor Moscow.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, Aug. 4, 2022. On Thursday, she was freed in exchange for Viktor Bout, a convicted international arms dealer. Griner, 32, had been in Russian custody for nearly 10 months before being freed. She was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow on Feb. 17 after Russian authorities said she had vape cartridges with cannabis oil inside her luggage.
On Aug. 4, Griner was given a nine-year sentence after pleading guilty, arguing that she had been prescribed cannabis for her pain and inadvertently packed it. Her sentence was upheld in October, and she was later transferred to a penal colony.
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