Brittney Griner lands in Texas: Basketball star is finally back on US soil for the first time in ten months after prisoner swap with Merchant of Death Russian arms dealer
American basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the US state of Texas on Friday morning, footage showed, after she was released from a Russian prison in exchange for a notorious arms dealer on Thursday.
Griner, 32, who was arrested in Russia in February on drug charges, was expected to be transferred to a nearby military facility for medical checks, US media reported.
The WNBA star was swapped for Viktor Bout, 55, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a US prison.
The swap deal comes against a backdrop of soaring tensions over Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and has been criticised by Republicans.
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American basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the US state of Texas on Friday morning (pictured), footage broadcast on CNN and Fox News showed, after she was released from a Russian prison in exchange for a notorious arms dealer
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