US basketball star Brittney Griner lands in US after prisoner swap with Russia | DW News

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[floridaray]

Trading an over paid lackluster basketball player for an arms dealer... Seems equal

[tvo]

The US got screwed on that deal. She doesn’t deserve any special treatment

[zemrpereira]

a killer for a d-list athlete? Great move.

[aliancemd]

They want to put a positive spin to it but releasing somebody providing weapons to terrorists for a basketball player is not exactly great news for the world, besides that it encourages further kidnappings.

[nawnaw]

feels bad for the other guy still being held in jail despite the fact that he was being in jail 2018

[michaelm]

The punishment was harsh but she wasn’t wrongfully detained

[miguelangelsimonfernandez]

Swapped a pot-head for a top notch death merchant. What a deal!

[jameszclark]

This is an absolute disgrace and totally embarrassing

[foggymountainman]

She broke their freaking law she's a criminal

[mistagunzz]

I feel like this was all a big PR move for the US that ended brilliantly terrible 😂

[CharlesDParker]

Griner can now take time to think about being a free citizen and how her own actions predicated the time she spent in jail in Russia. She willingly took the money from the criminal element that is Russia and her own mistake led to her problems. She took her freedoms for granted and thought it would play out the same in a country that is run by criminals and a tyrant. It did not and she paid dearly for her mistake. Thankfully it was no worse for her than this has played out.

[KataIIama]

« The merchant of death » in exchange for the top wnba player doesn’t seem like quite the fair trade, what about that marine that’s in Russian captivity since 2018

[spaceghost]

A transgender instead of an american patriot?

[fullblownmind]

As an American this was a dumb deal a man responsible for thousands upon thousands upon thousands of deaths for a lady that broke the law in a foreign hostile country of her own free will, and who can't even fill an arena of thousands. Yea not a good deal.

[RyanVJones]

There was another American left in Russian jail. I feel bad for him.

[emperater]

This was a great deal for the Russians. Snatching her to get Victor Bout out was such a savage move. Hilarious to think that white marine dude will be doing hard labour like a slave in a European country lol

[bookertee]

Who payed to fly her back to America? Another waste of taxpayers money. A merchant of death is freed while an American Marine was left behind. Ludicrous!

[JackIsNotInTheBox]

wnba player over a marine? Now I see why recruitment is so hard these days

[africaisking]

Breaking News : America Brings Home Drug Addict

Me : 🤣

[filipoerikssso]

her mistakes free a very dngerous man and will end up hurting alott of people in the world