In pictures: WNBA Star Brittney Griner

Photos: WNBA star Brittney Griner

Dec 08, 2022 by CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics

Key Facts

  • She was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
  • Griner — who for years had played in the offseason for a pro basketball team in Russia — was arrested in February at an airport in the Moscow region.
  • Despite her testimony that she had inadvertently packed the cannabis oil that was found in her luggage, she was sentenced to nine years in prison.
  • At the same time that the United States enacted crippling sanctions in response to the Ukraine war, US diplomats kept open lines of communication with Moscow to try to secure Griner's release.

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