Russia frees US basketballer Brittney Griner in prison swap for ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer
Russia frees US basketballer Brittney Griner in prison swap for ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer
The WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner (L) was thrown into a Russian penal colony last month (Picture: AP)
Russia has freed US basketball star Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap with one of the world’s largest illicit arms dealers, president Joe Biden said today.
Griner was set to serve nine years in a penal colony after a Russian court convicted her on a drug use…