Brittney Griner lands in San Antonio after release from Russia in prisoner swap
.” Bout had served less than half of a 25-year sentence in Illinois for conspiring to kill American nationals and selling weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia insurgent group.reported Friday. His arrival at an airport in the Russian capital was broadcast live, and he was seen hugging his mother and wife. “They simply woke me up in the middle of the night and told me to pack my things,” he told reporters.
Griner’s return home after 10 months in Russian custody was broadly welcomed in the United States. The city hall in her home city of Houston was lit up in red, white and blue in her honor Thursday night, said Mayor Sylvester Turner . President Biden, speaking, said the exchange was the result of a “painstaking and intense” process.
Others noted the unevenness of the prisoner swap. Griner, who played for a Russian team in the WNBA offseason, was arrested days before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. She was handed a 9½-year prison sentence on charges of entering Russia with vape cartridges, illegal in the country, that contained less than an ounce of hashish oil. Her lawyers claimed it had been prescribed for medical purposes, and the State Department considered her detention “wrongful.
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