Brittney Griner, U.S. WNBA player, was announced released from Russian prison in trade for "dangerous" Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout.
Viktor Anatolyevich Bout was arrested in 2008 for smuggling arms and supplying terrorist groups with weapons. Viktor conspired to kill Americans on multiple accounts and is considered a national security threat to the U.S. and other nations for terrorist acts.
On Thursday, Joe Biden announced that Brittney Griner was on her way home and claimed that Russia held Brittney under "Intolerable circumstances".
Brittney Griner was arrested in Moscow on February 17th for possessing illegal Marijuana based substances. Russia, who has a history of being intolerant of such substances sentenced Brittney for 9 years in prison.
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