Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was sentenced ... in a one-for-one prisoner swap for an international arms dealer, Viktor Bout, after long-term negotiations between the United States and ...

MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. Viktor Bout, who had returned from a US prison to Russia, said they had shaken hands with US basketball player Brittney Griner during the exchange procedure.

It also violated the custom that swaps involve similar sorts of prisoners—spies for spies, or criminals for criminals. Mr Biden had originally asked Russia to hand over other detainees, including Paul ...

Finally, the United States secured Brittney Griner's release through a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer. Previously, Bout had been convicted in the US on charges ...

Brittney Griner's release should be unequivocally ... to the doddering foreign policy emanating from the White House." Viktor Bout had been serving 25 years in the U.S. on "charges of conspiring ...

ABC News Brittney Griner will open up in detail about her ... swap that saw the United States release Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. She then returned to basketball in May 2023 to continue ...

Brittney Griner, a US basketball star, was arrested in Russia in February 2022 on charges of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country MOSCOW, December 8. /TASS/. Viktor Bout’s mother Raisa ...

Brittney Griner made her Hot Topics table debut on ... States agreed to swap her for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. While many — including the co-hosts on The View —championed ...

Brittney Griner Says She 'Had No Intention to Break the Law' While Testifying in Russian Court The U.S. reportedly offered to swap the two for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout ...

Brittney Griner sat at the Unrivaled podium ... She was released in a prisoner exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Dec. 8, 2022. Griner’s past was not lost on Leslie, who felt ...