WNBA star and Texas native Brittney Griner is back home after nearly a year in a Russian prison after being released in a prisoner swap that has a lot of people talking.
, who had been serving a 25-year sentence on charges that he conspired to sell tens of millions of dollars in weapons that U.S officials said were to be used against Americans.
Griner, who also played pro basketball in Russia, was arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February after Russian authorities said she was carrying vape canisters with cannabis oil. The U.S. State Department declared Griner to be "wrongfully detained" — a charge that Russia has sharply rejected. However, the US was unable to secure the freedom of Paul Whelan,spoke with former Pentagon advisor and Austin author Jody Ferguson about the matter.So you're an expert on U.S.
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