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US basketball player freed from Kremlin captivity through barter
US basketball player traded at Abu Dhabi airport Britney Greiner in an arms dealer, in a Russian Victor Bout.
This deal is the second such exchange between the United States and Russia in the last 8 months. To secure the release of the most famous American woman held abroad.
Greiner is a two-time Olympian who has been sentenced to months in prison for drug possession and brought unprecedented attention to the problem of illegally detained persons.
Greiner was detained at a Russian airport in 2022 and later convicted of alleged drug trafficking. Bout was sentenced to 25 years in prison for illegal arms trade in the United States in 2012.
US President Joe Biden said that he had spoken to Greiner on the phone and that he had already flown home.
On April 27, the United States and Russia exchanged prisoners for the first time in a year: Moscow freed former US Marine Trevor Reed in exchange for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko. The change took place in Turkey.
Source: Sport UA
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