WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Griner is now in the custody of American officials, a US official told CNN.
The swap did not include another American that the State Department has declared wrongfully detained, Paul Whelan.
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