BREAKING: US officials have announced Russia has freed US basketball star Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap with one of the world’s largest illicit arms dealers.
In a wrenchingly long-sought deal, Griner, 32, has been released in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the ‘Merchant of Death’.
Biden said that the trade was the result of ‘intense and painstaking negotiations’ with Russian and UAE officials. ‘And the fact remains she’s lost months of her life, experienced needless trauma and deserves space, privacy and time with her loved ones to recover and heal from her time being wrongfully detained.’
‘We’ll keep negotiating in good faith for Paul’s release. I guarantee that. I say that to the family.’
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