US basketball player Griner free after prisoner swap with Russia – Russia

Moscow – US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia, is free again. The US President’s Office announced on Thursday that she was released as part of a prisoner exchange. Griner, who was convicted of drug possession in Russia, was transferred to US custody. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, she was exchanged for the Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.