Brittney Griner now free from Russian custody following prisoner swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout

The U.S. has swapped WNBA star Brittney Griner for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior U.S. official.

The basketball star was taken into custody at a Moscow area airport in February in possession of vaping cartridges containing hashish oil, an illegal substance in Russia.
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[StrFlossin]

Trade a bball player for the most notorious black market gun dealer of the 20th century while pushing to take away guns from Americans. Makes total sense to me.

[thomasanderson]

Meanwhile a US Marine held in Russia for bogus charges completes his 4th YEAR in prison.

A world class arms trader for an "athlete"? Come on, man!

[MisterVisari]

Russia got exactly what they wanted out of this deal.

[yeezystreetteam]

Imagine being so consumed by criminality that you become an arms dealer, and some dumb kid on the other side of the world's stupidity is bailing you out on a random Thursday.

[ninaninapasadena]

There are American heroes in prison in Russia who are in prison for doing the job that America sent them there to do meanwhile this person breaks the law and gets traded out for a terrorist I mean this is absolutely an outrage

[culcune]

This is fantastic! I mean, now we get Griner back protesting our country once again all for the small price of releasing a man called, The Merchant of Death!

[jamesjones]

If white male privilege existed, shouldn’t Paul Whelan be coming home and not Brittney Griner?

[ninaninapasadena]

This is disgusting. We have heroes in prison in Russia that didn’t break the law.

[Delusionalwanderluster]

If I ever break the law overseas I’m not expecting my country to go and save me trading me for a big gun dealer, this is disgraceful, now a lot of Ukrainians will suffer the consequences because she thought she was special and could bring illegal drugs into Russia. She got blood on her hands

[alexanderg]

They traded a Russian bomb maker for a basketball player… That seems about on par for what this administration represents

[ronda]

Please bring home the other guy who has been there since 2018, .All my prayers to him and his family.
Love from Washington State.

[rogerbing]

it's not the first time this administration left our own behind.

[KOTJ]

Of course bring home an athlete in exchange for an arms dealer…but leave a US Marine behind who served his country!

[caneslife]

This is the weakest President of all TIME

[qwertyuiop]

YOU TRADED THEM FOR AN ARMS DEALER????

[kronictx]

This is a slap in the face to everyone they was convicted of simple marijuana charges in the U.S who are still in the system.

[MrApontjos]

Administration: Wants to reduce gun violence
Also Administration: *Releases the most notorious arms dealer ever convicted*

[bluer]

This administration is ignorant and proves how irresponsible they are

[EddieTheGreat.]

She doesn't deserve to be freed over a man that actually sacrificed for our country. She's not worth the release of a criminal like that. Appalling!

[garyxshorts]

With all the chaos in America, freeing a basketball player that broke another country’s law shows the competence of the leaders in America. What makes her so special 🤷🏽‍♂️