Brittney Griner

This morning, I joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, National Security Advisor Sullivan, and Cherelle Griner in the Oval Office, as Cherelle spoke ...

Roosevelt Room 8:38 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT: Well, good morning, folks. And it is a good morning. Moments ago, standing together with her.

This is a significant moment for President Joe Biden, who's been under public pressure to bring Brittney Griner home, and for Griner's wife Cherelle, ...

"The other side always gets a strong vote," US Hostage envoy Roger Carstens recently said. The official said the administration was told it could either bring Griner home - or no-one. It exchanged him for a Russian pilot sentenced to cocaine trafficking charges in the US, demonstrating that the two countries could keep open a channel separate from their geopolitical tensions. Her case tells us a lot about America's approach to hostage diplomacy - and the limits of that strategy. He has been convicted of espionage and is serving a 16-year prison sentence. But Griner's case was shadowed by added layers of complexity and pressure - not least that negotiations took place against the backdrop of a war in which the US is arming Ukraine.

The release of the American basketball star puts an end to a 10-month ordeal in which she became a bargaining chip between Moscow and Washington.

Ms. The negotiations for Ms. Senator Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, said in a statement that the release of Ms. That presented the administration with a brutal choice: agree to the deal for Ms. The release of Ms. “I stand out in the world,” she wrote, “and I love that about myself.” Griner told the players to take care of themselves and their bodies, and to listen to their coach, a message Ms. Robinson said Ms. “I woke up and I got the news and I was like, ‘I’ve got to head to the stadium.’ So I went, got a beer, celebrated a little bit. Venzant got the news of Ms. Venzant said of that season, in the mid-2000s, with Ms. “We pray for Paul and for the swift and safe return of all wrongfully detained Americans,” they said in a statement.

The US and Russia swap jailed basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout.

The WNBA star was released in a prisoner swap and returned to the U.S. nearly 10 months after she was arrested in Russia.

Former President Trump attacked Brittney Griner, the women's professional basketball player who was freed on Thursday after spending nearly a year in ...

Griner was jailed for carrying cannabis oil at a Moscow airport in February, and was exchanged for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout on Thursday. The pair were ...

In the video, apparently provided by Russian security services, Bout was warmly greeted by two Russian officials as Griner, who is 6ft 9in (206cm), looks on. Pictures showed him hugging his mother and wife at the airport tarmac. During her trial in Russia, she said the cannabis oil found in her bag had been an "honest mistake". She is one of the best-known sportswomen in America. Footage on Russian state media showed them crossing on the tarmac with their respective teams. He has been held in an American prison for 12 years.

American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly ...

In a Thursday press conference, Biden said he spoke by phone to Griner and that she was safe and relieved but deserved privacy and rest. The Biden Administration negotiated her release in exchange for officials said she would receive specialized medical services and counseling.

American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly ...

WNBA star Brittney Griner landed in her home state of Texas after an exchange with convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has arrived in Moscow.

Griner was seen getting off a plane that landed Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas. The athlete, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was ...

The US basketball star Brittney Griner was released from Russian jail on December 8 in a prisoner swap for notorious arms dealer Victor Bout, known ...

Bout was detained in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok in 2008 in a US sting operation where he thought he was meeting with Colombian guerrillas and arrested under a warrant issued by a local court at the behest of the US. Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said the same day that Russia will continue its work to release all Russians who were jailed by the US. He had been one of the world's most notorious arms dealers, selling arms to Afghanistan, Asia and Latin America. “Viktor Bout's Afghanistan dealings were always controversial,” Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies at Oxford University, said in a tweet. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and star of the Women's National Basketball Association's Phoenix Mercury, was arrested on February 17 after spending a few months playing professional basketball in the Russian regions. Bout was born in Tajik capital of Dushanbe in Soviet times. "The choice before us was one or none," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS News. [Bout arrived in Moscow to a media circus](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jfGECP3gMCs-5bbi-8liBxVZZ9ZANdZT/view?usp=share_link) where he was met by his mother and wife. She was sentenced on August 4 to nine years in a penal colony. "The swap of Viktor Bout for US basketball player Brittney Griner can truly be described as a New Year gift. The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, and then flying them home. The two prisoners were exchanged in Abu Dhabi airport before flying home and both received full pardons.

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star's detention in Russia made her the ...

The release of WNBA star Brittney Griner after 10 months of Russian detention is cause for justifiable celebration. It has spared Griner from the ...

Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, stepping off a plane in Texas after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following ...