Thursday, December 8, 2022

American basketball player Brittney Griner released from Russian prison , swapped

"Viktor Bout, the so-called "Merchant of Death" and the inspiration for the 2005 Nicolas Cage film, "Lord of War," is who Russia received back from the U.S. on Thursday in a prisoner swap for American basketball star Brittney Griner. Bout, 55, was serving a 25-year sentence in an Illinois federal prison on charges of providing weapons to terrorists and conspiring to kill Americans."


https://sports.yahoo.com/dea-agent-who-helped-put-viktor-bout-behind-bars-slams-brittney-griner-swap-we-couldnt-even-get-two-people-for-the-worlds-most-notorious-weapons-trafficker-220232108.html