Griner swapped for ‘merchant of death’
By AKAYLA GARDNER & JORDAN FABIAN Bloomberg News
President Joe Biden announced that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from detention in Russia, celebrating her one-to-one swap for a notorious arms dealer who had been convicted and imprisoned in the United States.
Griner, 32, was exchanged in a trade for Viktor Bout, according to a statement from Russia’s foreign ministry and senior Biden administration officials. The president didn’t mention Bout, known as the “merchant of death,” in his remarks, and acknowledged that his administration has so far failed to achieve the release of another American the U.S. considers unjustly imprisoned in Russia, former Marine Paul Whelan.
By AKAYLA GARDNER & JORDAN FABIAN Bloomberg News
President Joe Biden announced that WNBA star Brittney Griner had been released from detention in Russia, celebrating her one-to-one swap for a notorious arms dealer who had been convicted and imprisoned in the United States.
Griner, 32, was exchanged in a trade for Viktor Bout, according to a statement from Russia’s foreign ministry and senior Biden administration officials. The president didn’t mention Bout, known as the “merchant of death,” in his remarks, and acknowledged that his administration has so far failed to achieve the release of another American the U.S. considers unjustly imprisoned in Russia, former Marine Paul Whelan.
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Summary
WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the "merchant of death." The trade occurred despite ongoing efforts to secure release of former Marine Paul Whelan. President Biden made no mention of Bout in his remarks about
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