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08.12.2022 - 21:01 / perezhilton.com
Brittney Griner is free.
The WNBA star had been languishing in a Russian prison after being jailed and later convicted on drug charges following an incident at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport back in early March. But for months, President Joe Biden‘s office had been working behind the scenes to try to get her back home. And on Thursday, they accomplished it.
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Early this morning, the Biden administration announced they negotiated Griner’s release from prison. She had been serving a nine-year sentence in a penal colony east of Moscow following her arrest earlier this year. But now, her freedom has been exchanged for that of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was in the 11th year of a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.
As Perezcious readers may recall, Russian officials claimed Griner had vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at the Moscow airport. During her trial, Griner admitted to having the canisters, but said she had no illegal intent and was not meaning to distribute them — she simply forgot that she had packed them.
That reasoning didn’t resonate with the Russian courts. Finally, it appears that this saga is now over. Thank goodness!!
According to NBC News, Biden signed off on the trade himself. The swap took place in the United Arab Emirates, per the outlet. Notably, American Marine and corporate security executive Paul Whelan, who has also been detained in a Russian prison in another high-profile case, was not included in the swap.
Still, Griner’s release marks a major moment. In his comments from the White House on Thursday, Biden said:
Biden also specifically addressed Whelan by name:
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