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Bout, Griner swapped in high-profile prisoner exchange

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Bout, Griner swapped in high-profile prisoner exchange

Bout, Griner swapped in high-profile prisoner exchange

Moscow and Washington have conducted a high-profile prisoner swap.

Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who had been in a US prison for 11 years serving his 25-year term, has been exchanged for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a penal colony in Russia on drug smuggling charges.

RT discusses the exchange with Russian lawmaker Maria Butina, who helped negotiate the deal.


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