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MIAMI — A heart-warming, feel-good story dressed up in a “she’ll be home for the holidays” narrative. Brittney Griner’s release from Russian detention on Thursday in a prisoner exchange was all of that. Wife Cherelle could not stop smiling, calling herself “overwhelmed with emotion” and saying, ”My family is whole…

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from a Russian prison in a prisoner swap, according to multiple news sources, including President Joe Biden.

The WNBA star was detained at a Russian airport in February

Brittney Griner’s loved ones and extended basketball family were ecstatic when news broke about her release from a Russian prison and that she was on her way back to the United States

Moscow has never forgotten the notorious arms dealer, who reportedly keeps a photo of Vladimir Putin in his US cell

Washington (AFP) - Basketball star Brittney Griner blazed a trail as a US Olympic champion and LGBTQ pioneer before her career was abruptly disrupted by her arrest and imprisonment in Moscow in a Cold War-style standoff between the United States and Russia.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known abroad as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the world’s worst conflicts.

Washington (AFP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner was headed home on Thursday after being freed from a Russian prison in a swap for Viktor Bout, the notorious arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death."

Don Jr was upset about the Brittney Griner prisoner swap for Viktor Bout