US basketball player Brittney Griner was released from a penal colony near Moscow in a prisoner swap with Russia, US and Russian officials said Thursday. Griner was freed in exchange for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Negotiations on a prisoner exchange had been ongoing for months, and Griner's release was a top goal of US President Joe Biden.
"These past few months have been hell for Brittney," Biden said in remarks given at the White House Thursday.
"She's safe, she's on a plane, she's on her way home after months of being unjustly detained in Russia, held under intolerable circumstances," he added.

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