The United StatesandRussia have exchanged the imprisoned Americanbasketball star Brittney Griner for the famous arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been ina US prison for 12 years.
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Griner was safe and on a plane home from the United Arab Emirates.
President Joe Biden said
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Brittney is in good spirits ...she needs time and space to recover," President Joe Biden said at the White House.
"I'm happy to say
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at a Moscow airport in February for possession of cannabis oil and sent to prison last month.
Griner was arrested
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is a two-time Olympic champion and seven-time All-Star for the United States National Basketball Association (WBNA).
Brittney Griner, 32
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Texas' top-scoring center was selected first overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2013 WBNA Draft.