US President Joe Biden announced that the sportswoman was “safe” and “on the way” to the United States.
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The United States and Russia carried out an exceptional exchange of prisoners on Thursday, December 8. Moscow released the Brittney Griner basketball player, imprisoned for drug trafficking after being stopped in February at a Moscow airport with a vapoteuse and liquid containing cannabis.
US President Joe Biden announced that Brittney Griner was “safe” and “en route” to the United States.
Moments AGO I Spoke to Brittney Griner.
She is safe.
She is we flat.
She is on her way home. https://t.co/fmhgfzrcdt
According to Moscow, the United States has released the Russian weapon dealer Viktor Bout, which served a sentence of 25 years in prison.