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Trump claims he turned down prisoner swap for Michigan's Whelan

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he had turned down a proposed one-for-one prisoner swap with Russia that would have brought Michigan's Paul Whelan home.

Tribune News Service

Prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was one-sided

Griner can now resume her basketball career and make hundreds of thousands of dollars, while Viktor Bout can now resume his arms dealing ways that may result in the deaths of even more people.

Chicago Sun-Times

Army hospital first stop for freed athlete Griner

American basketball star Brittney Griner arrived back in the United States on Friday morning after being released from a Russian prison in exchange for Victor Bout, an arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death”.

Bangkok Post

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Russia's Bout feels terrible, wants drawings back from U.S. -TASS

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout feels terrible after his long prisoner swap journey and his family expects that the United States will hand over his documents and drawings to the Russian embassy, TASS news agency reported, citing his wife.

Reuters

Russian state media lauds Putin's 'win' on Viktor Bout exchange

Russian state media on Friday lauded President Vladimir Putin for "winning" a prisoner exchange with the United States by swapping U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

Reuters

A fair trade? Griner swap for jailed arms dealer raises eyebrows

Washington (AFP) - Brittney Griner's release from a prison ordeal in Russia sparked an outpouring of joy -- but also raised tough questions for Joe Biden: was the US president right to trade a notorious arms dealer for the basketball star jailed on minor drug charges?

AFP

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.

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Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap after Griner jailed

Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.

AFP

Who could be part of a US-Russia prisoner exchange?

Moscow (AFP) - The drug smuggling conviction in Russia of US basketball star Brittney Griner has again raised the question of a prisoner exchange between Moscow and Washington.

AFP

Russia 'ready' to discuss prisoner swap after Griner jailing

Moscow (AFP) - Russia said Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with Washington at the presidential level, a day after the drug conviction of US basketball star Brittney Griner.

AFP

NY Attorney For Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Is Confident About Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap, Calls It A 'Fair Trade'

The lawyer for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he was “confident” the U.S.

Benzinga

Russian arms dealer extradited from Thailand unaware of US swap: wife

A Russian arms trafficker who was arrested in Thailand and is serving a 25-year jail term in the United States knows nothing about a possible exchange with two US prisoners in Russia, his wife said.

Bangkok Post

Russia spokeswoman attacks US for calling Brittney Griner detention ‘wrongful’

The US State Department has for months held that Ms Griner is wrongfully detained

The Independent UK

Former US ambassador to Russia agrees with idea of Brittney Griner prisoner swap deal

‘Ten more years of Victor Bout in jail versus those three Americans staying in jail for a decade, I would take that trade,’ says former US envoy

The Independent UK

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