Topline Basketball star Brittney Griner has returned to U.S. soil after months of captivity in Russia as part of a high-profile prisoner swap for a Russian arms dealer, ending months of diplomatic joc...
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Russia Could Release Griner And Whelan By End Of Year, Former UN Ambassador Richardson Claims
Topline Russian authorities may release Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan by the end of the year, Bill Richardson—a former ambassador to the United Nations who has traveled to Russia to advocate for the...
Biden Will Meet Families Of Brittney Griner And Paul Whelan
Topline President Joe Biden will meet with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who both remain jailed in Russia, at the White House on Friday, officials told ...
Blinken Urges Russia To Accept ‘Substantial’ Griner And Whelan Offer
Topline Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Friday he spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over the “substantial” deal the U.S. offered the country to return detained American citizen...
U.S. Offers Russia Convicted Arms Dealer In Exchange For Brittney Griner And Paul Whelan, Report Says
Topline The Biden Administration offered to send convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout back to Russia in exchange for the release of U.S. citizens Paul Whelan and WNBA star Brittney Griner, both of whom a...