After a prisoner exchange with Russia, Brittney Griner is flying home.

By Madhupriya December 9,2022 Metalnation.org Image Credit:-Google

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Brittney Griner, the American basketball player detained in Russia on drug-related charges,

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was freed on Thursday after nearly ten months of detention as part of a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death.

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Bout is already in Moscow, where state television showed him hugging his wife and his mother.

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In a brief statement delivered from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, President Biden announced Ms. Griner's release.

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Cherelle Griner, Ms. Griner's wife, stood at his side and grinned. The plan was for Ms. Griner to spend the night in San

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