WNBA star Brittney Griner didn’t want any alone time as soon as she boarded a U.S. government plane that would bring her home.
Although Griner is undergoing a full medical and mental evaluation, Carstens said she appeared “full of energy, looked fantastic.”arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February
President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that the U.S. had secured Griner's release. In exchange, the administration offered Russia the release of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, who had been serving a 25-year sentence on charges that he conspired to sell tens of millions of dollars in weapons that U.S officials said were to be used against Americans., who has been held in Russia for nearly four years.
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‘I want to talk’: Brittney Griner opened up during her long trip homeThe two-time Olympic gold medalist and Phoenix Mercury pro basketball star spoke about her time in the Russian penal colony and her months in captivity.
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Brittney Griner opened up during her long trip home: ‘I want to talk’Griner reportedly walked throughout the plane, introducing herself to every member of the flight crew, shaking their hands, and “making a personal connection with them.”
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Pompeo slams Brittney Griner prisoner swap as encouraging Russia to take more hostagesFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the Biden administration for exchanging “bad guys for celebrities” after it secured WNBA star Brittney Griner’s release from a Russi…
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Viktor Bout says he wished Brittney Griner luck during prisoner swapViktor Bout, an arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” and the WNBA star briefly crossed paths on the tarmac. Griner has not commented on the alleged interaction.
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