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Brittney Griner FREED After High-Profile Prisoner Swap With Russia
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7:01Now PlayingBrittney Griner, WBNA star, is released from prison in Russia after the U.S. negotiates a prisoner swap for the notorious arms dealer, Viktor Bout. John Iadarola and Jessica Burbank break it down on The Damage Report.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a highprofile prisoner swap between the U.S. and Moscow
"WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner is free Thursday after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer, according to a senior administration official.
President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates, even though it meant leaving behind Paul Whelan, an American corporate security executive who remains jailed in Russia.
"She is safe, she is on a plane, she is on her way home," Biden said in remarks from the White House on Thursday morning. "She will soon be back in the arms of her loved ones and she should have been there all along."
"I'm proud that today we have made one more family whole," Biden said, adding that he will continue to work to free Whelan. "We’ll keep negotiating for Paul’s relief. I guarantee it.""
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