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Brittney Griner Freed in US and Russia Prisoner Swap: The Yay! & The WTF?

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from Russian prison following a prisoner swap according to Biden administration officials. Griner was nabbed in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport back in February for cannabis possession. She was convicted and placed into a retched working camp prison in Russia since. One has to be happy for Brittney Griner, her…