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Brittney Griner is back home in the U.S. after a Russian prisoner swap

Posted on December 9, 2022 · American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.

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Brittney Griner says she’ll play in the upcoming WNBA season

Posted on December 16, 2022 · In her first public statement since being freed from Russia, the two-time Olympic gold medalist says she'll play for her team, the Phoenix Mercury, when the season starts in May.

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Brittney Griner’s former coach, local political expert weigh in on her release

Posted on December 8, 2022 · Griner was released from a Russian prison on Thursday morning, nearly nine months after first being detained. Her former Houston-area high school coach said she was "ecstatic" at the news.

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Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian prisoner the U.S. traded for Brittney Griner?

Posted on December 8, 2022 · Bout is a Russian who was the world's most notorious arms dealer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence in Illinois before being freed as part of a U.S.-Russia swap.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

Posted on December 8, 2022 · Biden's authorization to release a Russian felon once nicknamed “the Merchant of Death" underscored the escalating pressure that his administration faced to get Griner home, particularly after the recent resolution of her criminal case and her subsequent transfer to a penal colony.

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Brittney Griner is back home in the U.S. after a Russian prisoner swap

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