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Bringing Brittney Griner home came at a heavy cost, but it was worth it

Brittney Griner is on her way home. Here are the next steps

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Why Paul Whelan Wasn’t Included in Deal for Griner

Here are the details regarding Whelan’s continued detainment in Russia.

Sports Illustrated

For Brittney Griner, months as Russian prisoner end on UAE tarmac

After months of painstaking negotiations with Moscow, it became clear to President Joe Biden's administration that it faced a grave choice - to exchange notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner or else get no American to bring home.

Reuters

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'Merchant of Death' arms dealer now part of a deal himself

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known outside the country as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the world’s worst conflicts

The Independent UK

Paul Whelan’s Family Issues Statement After Griner’s Release

The former Marine remains imprisoned in Russia after Thursday’s deal to release the WNBA star.

Sports Illustrated

Biden says WNBA star Griner headed home from Russia after swap

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 U.S.

Tribune News Service

US basketball star Brittney Griner freed from Russia in prisoner swap involving arms dealer Viktor Bout

The high-level prisoner swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, was announced by US President Joe Biden on Thursday

Evening Standard

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Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer swapped for Griner?

The life of Viktor Bout reads like a spy thriller.

Reuters

'Merchant of death' arms dealer released back to Russia by US in basketball star swap

In exchange for setting WNBA star Brittney Griner free, President Joe Biden released infamous Russian arms dealer called Viktor Bout, who is known as the "Merchant of Death"

Daily Mirror

US basketball star swapped for arms dealer Bout

US basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia for the arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and later jailed in the United States.

Bangkok Post

Brittney Griner released in US-Russia prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the US releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials say.

ABC News

Viktor Bout, the arms dealer Russia has swapped for Brittney Griner

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was freed from jail in Russia on Thursday in exchange for the release of Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States, according to U.S. and Russian officials.

Reuters

Biden hails release of Brittney Griner from Russian prison: ‘She’s safe, she’s on her way home’ – as it happened

Basketball star freed in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout – follow the latest news

The Guardian - US

Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price — and left behind an American jailed for nearly four years in Russia.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Axios

Brittney Griner released in prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer

In exchange for Griner, the U.S. has freed convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

WEKU

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

Al Jazeera

Russia frees US basketball star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap

Moscow says Griner was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian former arms dealer convicted and jailed in the United States.

France 24

US basketball star Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price…

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The Independent UK

Griner for Bout: WNBA star freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout

Reuters

Sporadic progress in Russia-U.S.talks on prisoner swap, diplomat says

Talks between Russia and the United States on securing an exchange of high-profile prisoners are making only sporadic progress, a top Russian diplomat said in comments published on Thursday.

The Guardian - US

US awaits ‘serious response’ from Russia over Brittney Griner release proposal

Diplomat in Moscow says US has ‘put a significant proposal on the table’ in effort to free basketball star jailed on drugs conviction

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system

WNBA star Brittney Griner this week began serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony

Al Jazeera

Russia signals openness to prisoner swap with US

Deputy foreign minister says convicted Russian arms deal Viktor Bout is among those being discussed in potential swap.

Evening Standard

Brittney Griner ‘could be released as part of swap deal for Russian arms dealer’

Basketball star Ms Griner was sentenced in August to nine years for possessing and smuggling drugs after cannabis oil was found in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport

Reuters

Who is Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who could be swapped for Griner?

The life of Viktor Bout reads like a spy thriller.

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