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Brittney Griner's case was difficult for US negotiators for one key reason: She was guilty

The release from Russian prison of WNBA star Britney Griner has been greeted with general delight in the United States.

The Conversation

Hill rebukes Trump's Paul Whelan boasts

Paul Whelan's brother also called Trump's comments "offensive," adding that he never mentioned him in office

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Brittney Griner immediately dunked while playing basketball for first time in nearly 10 months

That dunk must have felt so cathartic.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Agent: Griner Not Ready to Say If She Will Resume WNBA Career

The basketball star is currently staying at a hotel on a military base with her wife.

Sports Illustrated

Griner dunks in first basketball workout since Russian detention

"She seems to have endured this in pretty incredible ways," Griner's agent said.

Axios

Trump admits he turned down prisoner swap to exchange Paul Whelan and Viktor Bout

Imprisoned ex-marine was arrested and detained in Russia on former president’s watch

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Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout joins ultranationalist party

Bout, who was released in prisoner exchange, could seek a seat in parliament, and has spoken of ‘pride’ in Putin

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s new tough talk is a sham. Why would dictators ‘fear’ ministers who befriend them?

James Cleverly squares up to some states, but ducks egregious cases involving allies such as India, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, says Dan Dolan of Reprieve

The Guardian - UK

Released Russian arms dealer Bout joins ultranationalist party

Viktor Bout was freed last week from a 25-year US prison sentence in swap for basketball star Brittney Griner.

Al Jazeera

First Thing: Arizona governor builds border wall of shipping crates

Critics say Republican Doug Ducey’s scheme is illegal because makeshift barrier is being erected on tribal and federal land. Plus, California’s new wolf pack

The Guardian - UK

Freed Russian arms dealer Bout joins Kremlin-loyal ultranationalist party

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer freed on Thursday after 14 years in U.S. custody in exchange for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, has joined the Kremlin-loyal ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), its leader said on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Diplomat Reveals First Thing Griner Said on Flight Back to U.S.

Presidential envoy Roger Carstens discussed his conversation with Griner on CNN.

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U.S. says working on 'next steps' to secure release of Whelan from Russia

Biden administration officials will meet early Monday to discuss next steps in securing the release of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was jailed in Russia in 2020 on spying charges, President Joe Biden's top hostage negotiator said on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Trump was not interested in Paul Whelan’s case, his former national security official says

Trump and his allies accused Biden of ignoring the imprisoned Marine after securing Brittney Griner’s release from Russia. But officials and Whelan’s family members say Trump didn’t want to take up his case

The Independent UK

‘Keep the faith, we’re coming’: White House officials say they will keep trying to return Paul Whelan to US

After Russia turned down a ‘very serious’ proposal, US officials say Joe Biden’s administration is committed to securing former Marine’s release

The Independent UK

White House official reveals Brittney Griner’s first words on US-bound plane after prisoner swap

‘I have been in prison for 10 months now listening to Russian. I want to talk’

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Tribune News Service

US hostage envoy told Paul Whelan to ‘keep the faith’ on release from Russia

The U.S. special envoy who helped secure WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release from Russian custody said he spoke to detained American Paul Whelan and assured him “we’re coming to get you.”

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner in Texas medical facility as political fallout over swap continues

Basketball star is being debriefed at San Antonio army facility as plight of other Americans held in Russia continues

Axios

Kirby: U.S. is still "negotiating" for Paul Whelan's release

"This business of getting wrongfully detained Americans home, there's nothing easy about it."

The Independent UK

Special envoy gives details of Griner's homecoming

WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want quiet time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would bring her home

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Biden made a bad deal for Brittney Griner

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the possibility of years in a Russian penal colony, a punishment that far exceeded her alleged offense, and reunited her with friends and family. President Joe Biden…

The National (Scotland)

What is really behind Russia's prisoner swap with America?

UP until last Friday, he was someone most people had probably never heard of. But for journalists like myself whose beat is covering foreign…

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Brittney Griner owes the United States of America because she could have been Austin Tice

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trading a person whose crime is possessing a tiny amount of hash for someone who is convicted of dealing military grade firearms, many to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, doesn’t feel fair, or right.

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