BREAKING NEWS: BRITTNEY GRINER HAS BEEN FREED IN A PRISONER EXCHANGE

BREAKING NEWS: Brittney Griner has been freed in a prisoner exchange according to US officials.

Griner, a member of the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, has been detained in Russia for almost a year and was convicted in October on a charge of attempting to smuggle narcotics into Russia. There have been reports that the Russians are interested in a «one for one» swap involving a convicted Russian arms dealer (known as the merchant of death) Viktor Bout and questions are rising about how the U.S. will handle these negotiations.

With the ongoing war following Russia's invasion of Ukraine still bringing on global criticism and wide ranging militarily support for the Ukrainians, the issue is complicated with Brittney is caught in the middle.

In an interview with CBS' Margaret Brennan of Face the Nation, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stated that conversations about not just Griner, but former Marine Paul Whelan, who has been in Russia since 2018, are ongoing in terms of a potential prisoner swap with the Russians.


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Source: MSN.com