U.S. and Russia agreed to include Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap that took place in the United Arab Emirates.
The star of Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), Brittney Griner, was released, on Thursday, in a prisoner exchange with a Russian arms dealer.
Grinner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, pleaded guilty to charges of drug possession and was sentenced to nine years. She was taken to a corrective colony in the Russian region of Mordovia to serve her prison term.
Vilktor Bout, nicknamed « the merchant of death », is a notorious arms dealer and the most wanted man in the world. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
“She is safe. She is on a plane. She is on her way home,” Biden said in a tweet.