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    WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

    Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.
    by Franco Ordoñez Dec 08, 2022 3 minutes
    WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, holds a picture of her team as she stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Aug. 4.
    Updated December 8, 2022 at 11:37 AM ET

    President Biden says WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison.

    Standing along side Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, at the White House, Biden said it was a day that "we worked toward for a long time. "

    "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 conditions," Biden said from the Roosevelt Room.

    Biden spoke with Griner from the Oval Office

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