Brittney Griner intends to rejoin the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury this season following her return to the United States after her 10-month stint in Russian detention on drug charges. The Biden administration concluded that she was 'wrongfully detained.'
Brittney Griner intends to rejoin the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury this season following her return to the United States after her 10-month stint in Russian detention on drug charges. The Biden administration concluded that she was"wrongfully detained."
"It feels so good to be home! The last 10 months have been a battle at every turn. I dug deep to keep my faith and it was the love from so many of you that helped keep me going. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everyone for your help," she said. The president agreed to swap Griner for Viktor Bout, who was set to be released from a U.S. prison in 2029. Bout, nicknamed"the Merchant of Death," was sentenced in 2012 to a 25-year prison sentence.
“I would just say that, again, the only deal on the table that was available to us was a deal one-for-one. Griner for Bout. We explored many different alternatives and variations with the Russians in many different formulations,” a U.S. official told the Washington Examiner at the time. “We put forward a variety of different options, and the only one that the Russians were seriously willing to consider was a one-for-one, Griner for Bout.
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