Brittney Griner, the US basketball player who had been detained in Russia on drug charges since February, is flying back home after she was released in exchange for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.
President Joe Biden said Griner was safe and is expected to arrive in the United States Friday on a plane from the United Arab Emirates.
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by Joji Xavier
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