Several Russian state-run media sites have claimed that Russia wants to exchange WNBA star Brittney Griner for the Lord of War Viktor Bout.
For the first time, Russia appears to be deliberately signaling Washington about WNBA star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner, who has been kept in Russian custody since her arrest on drug charges at a Moscow airport three months ago (based on customs agents saying they found vape cartridges containing hashish oil as she arrived from New York).
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