Washington: On December 9, basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the United States after 10 months in Russian detention. Her acquittal followed a prisoner swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout who flew home hours earlier to embrace his family on the airport tarmac in Moscow. “They say she’s in very good spirits, appears to be in good health,” White House spokesman John Kirby said. Russia’s state media trumpeted the swap as a win for Moscow, after the release of a man who the U.S. Department of Justice has described as one of the world’s most prolific arms dealers.
