Watch the moment WNBA player Brittney Griner was released by Russian authorities as they swapped the American for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Subscribe to […]
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Brittney Griner freed in prisoner swap | Biden says she ‘represents the best about America’ #shorts
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses Brittney Griner's release and says he'll continue to work to get other detained Americans freed. Subscribe to CTV News to […]
Continue readingBrittney Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer | Announcement from U.S. President Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden announced WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor […]
Continue readingWatch Brittney Griner speak before Russian court upheld conviction
CNN's Erica Hill speaks with US State Department spokesperson Ned Price after a Russian court upheld basketball star Brittney Griner's drug smuggling conviction. #CNN #news
Continue readingBrittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Moscow Regional Court judge | USA TODAY
A Russian judge has rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal, upholding her drug possession conviction. RELATED: Brittney Griner prisoner swap may be one of many in recent […]
Continue readingHe spent two years in a Russian prison. Hear his prediction for Brittney Griner
Trevor Reed, an American citizen and Marine veteran recently freed after two years in a Russian prison, speaks to CNN after Brittney Griner, two-time Olympic […]
Continue readingSee Brittney Griner’s reaction as sentence is read
Two-time Olympic medalist and seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was found guilty in a Russia court of drug smuggling with criminal intent. Griner pleaded guilty […]
Continue readingBrittney Griner prisoner swap may be one of many in recent history | USA TODAY
The U.S. State Department went public with the possibility of a prisoner swap, revealing that the U.S. had made a "substantial proposal" aimed at securing […]
Continue readingBrittney Griner shouldn’t have had to endure trial, White House says | USA TODAY
The White House is repeating calls for Russia to release Brittney Griner after she was sentenced to nine years by a Russian judge on drug […]
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