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...Griner said on Thursday that letters from family members and members of the public helped her resolve during her detention in a Russian prison last year....
...In 2022, it released US basketball star Brittney Griner, who pleaded guilty to drug charges, in exchange for Viktor Bout, a notorious arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death”....
...Most recently, Richardson played a role in the securing the return of Brittney Griner, the American basketball player who was detained in Russia, to the US, in a bargain that included the return of Viktor...
...Griner was released in exchange for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was serving a 25-year prison sentence. US president Joe Biden said on Twitter he had spoken with Griner. “She is safe....
...Lindsay Colas, Griner’s agent and executive vice-president at Wasserman, added: “Today, we are breathing a deep sigh of relief. Brittney Griner is on her way home.” Additional reporting by Sara Germano...
...The deal was met with jubilation from Griner’s family and supporters....
...That is primarily because, unlike Griner, who was charged with drug smuggling offences, Gershkovich has been accused of being an American spy....
...US secretary of state Antony Blinken spoke to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov last week in a bid to secure Griner’s release....
...They include Brittney Griner, a US basketball player detained in February last year and sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for holding some cannabis-infused oil....
...Russia is pushing for the exchange of Viktor Bout, an arms trafficker serving a 25-year sentence, for Griner and Whelan, according to Bout’s lawyer....
...Read more on Brittney Griner’s sentencing here...
...Joe Biden’s Faustian pact with Russia to secure Brittney Griner’s release The release of Brittney Griner was met with jubilation from the basketball star’s family and supporters....
...Under-funding obscures the skill of athletes such as Griner....
...Last year the US negotiated two prisoner swaps for other Americans deemed unjustly held by Russia, including basketball star Brittney Griner....
...Washington is looking to negotiate a similar deal to bring Griner and Whelan home to the US....
...Griner’s US-based agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, wrote on Twitter that the verdict proved Griner was “being used as a political pawn”. She thanked the White House and state department for their efforts....
...Griner’s status as a basketball star has thrust her into the centre of the diplomatic discord between Russia and the US....
...The US government said it believes Griner, a star player in the WNBA and the EuroLeague, has been “wrongfully detained”....
...An agent for Griner did not respond to a question about whether her team had received a response from the White House....
...News in-depth Russia’s recent arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has drawn comparisons with the country’s detention of Brittney Griner in February 2022....
...The Mercury are led by Brittney Griner, who is planning to return to play when the WNBA season tips off in two weeks after being detained in Russia for all of last year....
...Last December, the US and Russia exchanged basketball star Brittney Griner following her conviction on drug possession charges for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout....
...Griner, 31, is a two-time Olympic champion and a member of the US women’s basketball team....
...Griner will be held behind bars for the duration of her trial....
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