The Biden administration has offered Russia a deal to release WNBA player Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms trafficker imprisoned in the U.S. Russia has long called for the release of Bout, who was arrested in 2012.
WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner holds images while standing in a cage in a courtroom before a hearing in Russia on Wednesday., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Griner has been held in detention for drug possession since February. Her family has repeatedly called on the White House to secure her release, even if that includes a prisoner exchange. Whelan has been held in Russia for espionage since 2018. Russia long called for the release of Bout, a Russian arms dealer who was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2012 for agreeing to sell millions of dollars in weapons to a Colombian terrorist group.
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