WNBA star Brittney Griner freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

President Joe Biden says WNBA star Brittney Griner is safe in American custody after being released from Russia in a prisoner swap

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says WNBA star Brittney Griner is safe in American custody and on her way home after being released from Russia in an extraordinary prisoner swap.

In an address from the White House, Biden stated that these “past few months have been hell for Brittney” but that she was in good spirits.

Griner was freed in an exchange in which the United States released convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

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