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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner has been released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is on her way back to the United States, President Joe Biden said on Thursday.
"She's safe, she's on a plane, she's on her way home after months of being unjustly detained in Russia," Biden told reporters at the White House, adding that she would arrive within the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Ministry has confirmed that it exchanged Griner for Russian citizen Viktor Bout, a former arms dealer. Bout had been in a U.S. prison for 11 years, serving a 25-year term, while Griner was sentenced to a penal colony in Russia on drug smuggling charges.
The swap took place at Abu Dhabi airport in the United Arab Emirates, following lengthy negotiations between the two countries, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
(With input from agencies)
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