Brittney Griner’s prisoner exchange wasn’t a sports trade

Dec 8 2022 by SBNation.com

 
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This is so much more complicated than people will have you believe.

Brittney Griner was freed on Thursday after spending 10 months in a Russia jail on trumped up drug charges designed to make her a political prisoner amidst Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ultimately it took the United States giving up a serious player in a prisoner swap, with international arms dealer Viktor Bout returning to Russia in the one-for-one deal.

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