Brittney Griner

The US and Russia swap jailed basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Griner, an American basketball star who had been imprisoned on drugs charges, was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer.

A source familiar with the matter tells CNN that the swap involves convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include another American that the ...

President Biden says Brittney Griner is safe in the United States after being released from a Russian penal colony.

Rusia libera a la basquetbolista Brittney Griner tras intercambio con EEUU · Griner fue detenida en febrero en el aeropuerto Sheremetyevo de Moscú después de que ...

Funcionarios estadounidenses confirmaron que Brittney Griner ya está bajo custodia. Fue intercambiada por Viktor Bout, apodado el "mercader de la muerte", ...

Rusia liberó a la estrella de la WNBA Brittney Griner tras consumarse un intercambio de presos. Estados Unidos entregó a cambio al traficante de armas ...

Funcionarios EEUU: Rusia libera a basquetbolista Brittney Griner a cambio de traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout.

US basketball star Brittney Griner was freed in a prisoner exchange for convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout nearly 10 months after she was arrested at a ...

The Texas basketball star was first detained in February and was recently moved to a Russian penal colony.

Brittney Griner, liberada este jueves tras su detención en Rusia en febrero, es una de las grandes estrellas del baloncesto femenino de EE.UU.

Estados Unidos y Rusia intercambian a la estrella de baloncesto encarcelada Brittney Griner por el famoso traficante de armas Viktor Bout.

La deportista estadounidense fue intercambiada por el traficante de armas ruso convicto Viktor Bout, en una mediación que fue negociada de forma conjunta entre ...

Russia has freed Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange that is bringing the WNBA star back to the United States after almost 10 months' ...

Griner home, and to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn't going to happen," he said. He was not included in the Reed prisoner swap, escalating pressure on the Biden administration to ensure that any deal that brought home Griner also included him. 4 and receiving a nine-year punishment her lawyers said was out of line for the offense, an emotional Griner apologized "for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them." Whelan's brother David said in a statement he was "so glad" for Griner's release but also disappointed for his family. Such a public overture drew a chiding rebuke from the Russians, who said they preferred to resolve such cases in private, and carried the risk of weakening the U.S. USA Basketball also celebrated Griner's release in a statement, saying Griner "has shown bravery and resolve over the last nearly 300 days. He also thanked the "NBA and WNBA community" for their efforts to maintain awareness of Griner. Today is the day we've been praying for, and we will continue to pray as she reunites with her family and begins recovering from her experience. [he was hopeful](/wnba/story/_/id/34988732/joe-biden-hopeful-vladimir-putin-more-willing-negotiate-brittney-griner) that Russia would engage in a deal after the U.S. Even so, the fact that the deal was a one-for-one swap was a surprise given that U.S. "BG has shown extraordinary courage and dignity in the face of enormous adversity. Biden spoke with Griner on the phone Thursday while her wife, Cherelle, was in the Oval Office.

This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke ...

Rusia liberó a Brittney Griner en un dramático intercambio de prisioneras de alto nivel que trae a la estrella de la WNBA de regreso a los Estados Unidos ...

La deportista, que es original de Houston, había sido sentenciada en agosto a nueve años de prisión y ahora se dirige a un centro médico en San Antonio para ...

Those who have who have worked with Mercury center Brittney Griner throughout her basketball career expressed relief and gratitude that she is headed home ...

"There has not been a day over the past ten months where we all haven't had Brittney Griner on our minds and in our hearts," WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement. Our prayers remain with her and her family as they recover and heal together." "The emotions for our organization, just like for our fans and so many across the world, are those of joyous celebration, deep gratitude, grief for the time lost, and sincere hope for all families still awaiting the return of a loved one." "I cried, and I'm a girl from Philly. and then, honestly, I cried," Staley said on ESPN's "First Take." "It has been a terrible ordeal for BG, but thankful for President Biden and Vice President [Kamala] Harris and everyone that has helped get her home.

This is a significant moment for President Joe Biden, who's been under public pressure to bring Brittney Griner home, and for Griner's wife Cherelle, ...

"The other side always gets a strong vote," US Hostage envoy Roger Carstens recently said. The official said the administration was told it could either bring Griner home - or no-one. It exchanged him for a Russian pilot sentenced to cocaine trafficking charges in the US, demonstrating that the two countries could keep open a channel separate from their geopolitical tensions. Her case tells us a lot about America's approach to hostage diplomacy - and the limits of that strategy. He has been convicted of espionage and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. But Griner's case was shadowed by added layers of complexity and pressure - not least that negotiations took place against the backdrop of a war in which the US is arming Ukraine.

Washington — Funcionarios de Estados Unidos dicen que Rusia ha liberado a la basquetbolista Brittney Griner a cambio del traficante de armas ruso Viktor ...

[Brittney Griner ](https://www.dallasnews.com/espanol/al-dia/otros-deportes/2022/08/04/brittney-griner-sentencia-droga-rusia/)a cambio del traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout. Rusia dejó en libertad a la basquetbolista estadounidense Brittney Griner el jueves en un dramático canje de prisioneros en que Estados Unidos liberó al traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout, informaron funcionarios estadounidenses. Griner fue sentenciada a nueve años de prisión, luego de que un fiscal instó a que fuera sentenciada a nueve años y medio.

La deportista estadounidense fue intercambiada por el traficante de armas ruso convicto Viktor Bout, en una mediación que fue negociada de forma conjunta entre ...

PHOENIX — (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner's 10-month imprisonment in Russia on drug charges came to an end on Thursday, spreading relief and joy across ...

“The Philadelphia House Delegation is proud to join in welcoming Brittney Griner home from nine months of illegal and unjust detention in Russia.

ARCHIVO - Brittney Griner, del Mercury de Phoenix, disputa el segundo partido de la final de la WNBA ante el Sky de Chicago, el 13 de octubre de 2021 . (Rick ...

La pívot del equipo Phoenix Mercury, Brittney, Griner, ha sido liberada por las autoridades rusas y se encuentra bajo custodia de Estados Unidos.

President Joe Biden had already personally informed Cherelle Griner that her wife was being released from Russian detention when aides arrived with more ...

The former U.S. Marine has been held in Russia since 2018. As supporters celebrate Brittney Griner's release, they — Whelan himself included — are wondering ...

Los seres queridos de Brittney Griner y el básquetbol femenino de Estos Unidos se alborozan ante la noticia de que la jugadora fue excarcelada en Rusia y va ...

Griner, que cumplió 32 años en octubre, regresaba a Rusia en febrero para jugar con el equipo UMKC de Ekaterinburgo. Nuestra hermana por fin esta libre”, dijo la jugadora de la WNBA, Chiney Ogwumike. Agregó que la embargó la emoción cuando escuchó la noticia en la mañana. “Éste es un gran momento para todos quienes mostraron compasión por nuestra hermana de la WNBA en los últimos 294 días desde que GB fue injustamente detenida”. En agosto, Griner fue declarada culpable y sentenciada a nueve años de prisión. Los seres queridos de Brittney Griner y el básquetbol femenino de Estos Unidos se alborozaron el jueves ante la noticia de que la jugadora había sido excarcelada en Rusia y ya venía de regreso a su país.

WASHINGTON (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S..

The public overture drew a rebuke from the Russians, who said they preferred to resolve such cases in private, and carried the risk of weakening the U.S. [Blinken revealed publicly](https://www.google.com/search?q=substantial+proposal+blinken+apnews+eric+tucker&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS917US917&oq=substantial+proposal+blinken+apnews+eric+tucker&aqs=chrome..69i57.5839j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) in July that the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a frequent emissary in hostage talks, and his top deputy, Mickey Bergman. He was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the U.S. The White House said Kyiv was provided assurances that the terms were limited to the prisoner swap and would not impact U.S. Biden issued an executive grant of clemency to free the arms dealer from a federal prison in Illinois to effect the prisoner swap. Griner home, and to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn’t going to happen,” he said. In releasing Bout, the U.S. The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the swap, saying in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that the exchange took place in Abu Dhabi and that Bout had been flown home. Russian media showed Griner walking off a Russian plane in Abu Dhabi where she was greeted by a U.S. The deal, the second in eight months amid tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, secured the release of the most prominent American detained abroad and achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden. [star Brittney Griner](/hub/brittney-griner?utm_source=apnewsnav&utm_medium=featured) headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S.

Los seres queridos de Brittney Griner y el básquetbol femenino de Estos Unidos se alborozan ante la noticia de que la jugadora fue excarcelada en Rusia y va ...

Griner, que cumplió 32 años en octubre, regresaba a Rusia en febrero para jugar con el equipo UMKC de Ekaterinburgo. Nuestra hermana por fin esta libre”, dijo la jugadora de la WNBA, Chiney Ogwumike. Agregó que la embargó la emoción cuando escuchó la noticia en la mañana. “Éste es un gran momento para todos quienes mostraron compasión por nuestra hermana de la WNBA en los últimos 294 días desde que GB fue injustamente detenida”. En agosto, Griner fue declarada culpable y sentenciada a nueve años de prisión. Los seres queridos de Brittney Griner y el básquetbol femenino de Estos Unidos se alborozaron el jueves ante la noticia de que la jugadora había sido excarcelada en Rusia y ya venía de regreso a su país.

Ms. Griner has been at the center of a fraught geopolitical showdown between Washington and Moscow. The Biden administration traded her for Viktor Bout, ...

Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, said in a statement that the release of Ms. Griner was ready to return to the United States, the president signed a conditional grant of clemency to Mr. Instead, she was led into the Oval Office where she joined a call to her wife with Mr. That presented the administration with a brutal choice: agree to the deal for Ms. Bout, who was captured in Bangkok in 2008, extradited to the United States in 2010 and sentenced in 2012 to 25 years in prison. diplomats to include him as part of the deal with the Russians for the exchange with Mr. Bout on a plane headed to the U.A.E. Griner home, and to make the deal that was possible, rather than waiting for one that wasn’t going to happen.” But he added that “it’s clear the U.S. The Biden administration’s efforts to negotiate a prisoner swap stalled for months as she was sent to a penal colony outside Moscow. The release of Ms. President Biden announced her release in a brief statement from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, with Cherelle Griner, Ms. The Biden administration traded her for Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death.”

Roosevelt Room 8:38 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, good morning, folks. And it is a good morning. Moments ago, standing together with her.

The release of the American basketball star puts an end to a 10-month ordeal in which she became a bargaining chip between Moscow and Washington.

Ms. The negotiations for Ms. Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, said in a statement that the release of Ms. That presented the administration with a brutal choice: agree to the deal for Ms. The release of Ms. “I stand out in the world,” she wrote, “and I love that about myself.” Griner told the players to take care of themselves and their bodies, and to listen to their coach, a message Ms. Robinson said Ms. “I woke up and I got the news and I was like, ‘I’ve got to head to the stadium.’ So I went, got a beer, celebrated a little bit. Venzant got the news of Ms. Venzant said of that season, in the mid-2000s, with Ms. “We pray for Paul and for the swift and safe return of all wrongfully detained Americans,” they said in a statement.

The WNBA star was released in a prisoner swap and returned to the U.S. nearly 10 months after she was arrested in Russia.

American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly ...

In a Thursday press conference, Biden said he spoke by phone to Griner and that she was safe and relieved but deserved privacy and rest. The Biden Administration negotiated her release in exchange for officials said she would receive specialized medical services and counseling.

Griner was jailed for carrying cannabis oil at a Moscow airport in February, and was exchanged for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Thursday. The pair were ...

In the video, apparently provided by Russian security services, Bout was warmly greeted by two Russian officials as Griner, who is 6ft 9in (206cm), looks on. Pictures showed him hugging his mother and wife at the airport tarmac. During her trial in Russia, she said the cannabis oil found in her bag had been an "honest mistake". She is one of the best-known sportswomen in America. Footage on Russian state media showed them crossing on the tarmac with their respective teams. He has been held in an American prison for 12 years.

Former President Trump attacked Brittney Griner, the women's professional basketball player who was freed on Thursday after spending nearly a year in ...

American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner landed in her home state of Texas after an exchange with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has arrived in Moscow.

La basquetbolista Brittney Griner ya estaría en suelo estadounidense este viernes. Se esperaba que Griner llegara a San Antonio, Texas, donde será revisada ...

Griner was seen getting off a plane that landed Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The athlete, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was ...

La deportista ha aterrizado en San Antonio (Texas) después de ser canjeada el jueves con Moscú por el traficante de armas ruso Viktor Bout.

The US basketball star Brittney Griner was released from Russian jail on December 8 in a prisoner swap for notorious arms dealer Victor Bout, known ...

Bout was detained in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok in 2008 in a US sting operation where he thought he was meeting with Colombian guerrillas and arrested under a warrant issued by a local court at the behest of the US. Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said the same day that Russia will continue its work to release all Russians who were jailed by the US. He had been one of the world's most notorious arms dealers, selling arms to Afghanistan, Asia and Latin America. “Viktor Bout's Afghanistan dealings were always controversial,” Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies at Oxford University, said in a tweet. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and star of the Women's National Basketball Association's Phoenix Mercury, was arrested on February 17 after spending a few months playing professional basketball in the Russian regions. Bout was born in Tajik capital of Dushanbe in Soviet times. "The choice before us was one or none," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS News. [Bout arrived in Moscow to a media circus](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jfGECP3gMCs-5bbi-8liBxVZZ9ZANdZT/view?usp=share_link) where he was met by his mother and wife. She was sentenced on August 4 to nine years in a penal colony. "The swap of Viktor Bout for US basketball player Brittney Griner can truly be described as a New Year gift. The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, and then flying them home. The two prisoners were exchanged in Abu Dhabi airport before flying home and both received full pardons.

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star's detention in Russia made her the ...

(CNN) — Brittney Griner, la estrella del baloncesto estadounidense detenida por las autoridades rusas en febrero, acaba de regresar sana y salva a Estados ...

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the ...

Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, stepping off a plane in Texas after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following ...

El avión que la transportaba aterrizó la madrugada de este viernes en la Base Conjunta San Antonio-Lackland, en Texas.

U.S. officials say Moscow had been pushing for the release of a Russian assassin being held in Germany before finally agreeing to release Ms. Griner for ...

Basketball star Brittney Griner arrived back in the United States early Friday after being freed from Russian custody, bringing a nearly yearlong ordeal to ...

Some family members of U.S. citizens wrongfully detained in China are fuming following Brittney Griner's release from Russia, saying President Joe Biden ...

Biden played up that alleged advantage following his meeting with Xi on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in Bali last month [by telling reporters](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/11/14/remarks-by-president-biden-in-a-press-conference-bali-indonesia/) that the two leaders “understand one another.” At the same time, Griner’s release is allowing relatives of arbitrarily detained Americans in China to see a potential road to freedom for their loved ones. [in-person access](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201482/top-us-envoy-china-says-zero-covid-restrictions-block-access-americans-possibly-violating-agreement) to U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, [complained last month](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3201482/top-us-envoy-china-says-zero-covid-restrictions-block-access-americans-possibly-violating-agreement) that those restrictions flouted “our 1980 consular agreement to see American prisoners.” Embassy in Beijing](https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/ambassador-nicholas-burns-on-china-u-s-relations/) to negotiate for the release of their loved ones. He is one of three Americans imprisoned in China who the State Department has designated as “wrongful detainees.” The others are [ Mark Swidan](https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/mark-swidan-china-prison/269-ae03d41a-f398-46ff-b92e-002829bd0c16) and [ David Lin](https://www.christianpost.com/news/family-fears-health-of-us-pastor-imprisoned-in-china-is-deteriorating-after-bible-sent-home.html). Prisoner trades “are the one tool that seems to work and it’s one of the tools that we’ll be pushing.” citizens arbitrarily detained in China is particularly concerning due to Beijing’s inaction in the face of years of diplomatic efforts to free them. That [paved the way](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/12/08/inside-bidens-decision-to-bring-brittney-griner-home-now-00073020) for Moscow to trade notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Griner on Thursday. declared Kai Li a [victim of arbitrary detention](https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000181-6317-d6d3-afc7-6b7747d20000) in 2021. [enlisting foreign governments](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily) such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to lobby for her release. [office of the special presidential envoy on hostage affairs](https://www.state.gov/leadership-special-presidential-envoy-for-hostage-affairs/) and officials in the [U.S.

Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained by Russian authorities in February, has safely returned to the United States after being released ...

“The players have incredible agency with how they choose to make their livings and where they choose to play,” he said on CNN. Griner’s Russian lawyer said she had cut her hair while in a penal colony to make life easier during the Russian winter. “My goal is for no players to have to go overseas,” he said. The Biden administration has ideas about “new forms of offers” to try with the Russians to secure Whelan’s release, a senior administration official told CNN on Thursday. Next, in a different, bright room, Griner wears a dark headscarf while sitting across from a woman and writing with a pen on paper, the RIA News Telegram reel shows. The bed is covered by white sheets, one with a deep blue stripe, and is among five beds seen in the room with pink walls and sheer white curtains along four windows. In another clip, Griner wears a short haircut – without her now-famous dreadlocks – while pushing along a food line a tray bearing two dishes, apparently from among dozens of small plates and bowls seen on open serving shelves. Whelan’s family was happy Griner was headed home but “devastated” he was left behind, they said Thursday. Whelan’s release could not be secured in the latest prisoner swap, while Reed [returned to the US](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/trevor-reed-russia/index.html) in April after a nearly three-year ordeal. A US, Irish, British and Canadian citizen, Whelan was detained at a Moscow hotel in December 2018 by Russian authorities who alleged he was involved in an intelligence operation. Biden gave final approval for the prisoner swap freeing Griner over the past week, an official familiar with the matter said. The Biden administration will continue negotiating with Russia to secure Whelan’s release, it said Friday.

The State Department will hold a briefing Friday afternoon, as American Brittney Griner returns to the U.S. in a prisoner exchange with Russia.

Treasury statement says that for years the Kremlin’s elections commission has touted “clean and transparent elections in Russia that have been riddled with irregularities and credible accusations that the Kremlin has carefully managed the results.” We continue to have a number of tools available in our toolset.” And in Russia, several presidential administration officials and the country’s elections commission will be blocked from the U.S. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, and aligns with Biden administration officials’ participation in the International Anti-Corruption Conference this week. “It’s a series of broad designations that has impacted more than 65 individuals and entities in 17 countries.” federal government for financial penalties and blocks on property located or managed in the U.S.

(CNN) -- Brittney Griner, la estrella del baloncesto estadounidense detenida por las autoridades rusas en febrero, acaba de regresar sana y salva a Estados ...

The WNBA star was flown to San Antonio to receive medical treatment.

soil," "So happy to have Brittney back on U.S. The Houston native, who lives in Phoenix, was flown to San Antonio where she will soon receive medical treatment at the nearby Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston.