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Nyota wa mchezo wa kikapu wa Marekani, Brittney Griner amerejea nyumbani akitokea Urusi baada ya mabadiliko hayo huku Viktor Bout akirejea upande wa pili baada ya kuwa kifungoni kwa Miaka 12.
Rais wa Marekani, Joe Biden amesema Griner yupo salama na alikuwa njiani kurejea nyumbani akipitia Falme za Kiarabu.
Griner alikamatwa Jijini Moscow, Februari 2022 akiwa na bangi, kuanzia Juni 2022, Marekani ikapendekeza mabadiliko ya wafungwa, kulikuwa na mvutano mwingi wa mamlaka na hatimaye kazi imekamilika.
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Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout
The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years.
President Joe Biden said Griner was safe and on a plane home from the United Arab Emirates.
"I'm glad to say Brittney's in good spirits... she needs time and space to recover," he said at the White House.
Bout - widely known as the "merchant of death" - has arrived back in Moscow, Russian media reports.
"In the middle of the night they simply woke me up and said 'Get your things together' and that was it," Bout said in brief remarks to a reporter from national television, after landing in Russia.
Bout reportedly came down the aeroplane steps carrying a bouquet of flowers before embracing his mother and his wife.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and last month sent to a penal colony.
The Biden administration proposed a prisoner exchange in July, aware Moscow had long sought Bout's release.
The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, and then flying them home.
Footage on Russian state media - apparently provided by Russian security services - showed them crossing on the tarmac with their respective teams.
"The Russian citizen has been returned to his homeland," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle praised the efforts of the Biden administration in securing her release: "I'm just standing here overwhelmed with emotions."
According to a joint Saudi-UAE statement, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a leading role in mediation efforts, along with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
The heir to the Saudi throne has good relations with Russia's Vladimir Putin and in September he helped co-ordinate a complex swap of hundreds of prisoners held by Russia and Ukraine.
But the White House denied any mediation had been involved. "The only countries that negotiated this deal were the United States and Russia," said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Source: BBC
Rais wa Marekani, Joe Biden amesema Griner yupo salama na alikuwa njiani kurejea nyumbani akipitia Falme za Kiarabu.
Griner alikamatwa Jijini Moscow, Februari 2022 akiwa na bangi, kuanzia Juni 2022, Marekani ikapendekeza mabadiliko ya wafungwa, kulikuwa na mvutano mwingi wa mamlaka na hatimaye kazi imekamilika.
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Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Viktor Bout
The US and Russia have exchanged jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, held in an American prison for 12 years.
President Joe Biden said Griner was safe and on a plane home from the United Arab Emirates.
"I'm glad to say Brittney's in good spirits... she needs time and space to recover," he said at the White House.
Bout - widely known as the "merchant of death" - has arrived back in Moscow, Russian media reports.
"In the middle of the night they simply woke me up and said 'Get your things together' and that was it," Bout said in brief remarks to a reporter from national television, after landing in Russia.
Bout reportedly came down the aeroplane steps carrying a bouquet of flowers before embracing his mother and his wife.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and last month sent to a penal colony.
The Biden administration proposed a prisoner exchange in July, aware Moscow had long sought Bout's release.
The elaborate swap involved two private planes bringing the pair to Abu Dhabi airport from Moscow and Washington, and then flying them home.
Footage on Russian state media - apparently provided by Russian security services - showed them crossing on the tarmac with their respective teams.
"The Russian citizen has been returned to his homeland," the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
Speaking in the Oval Office, Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle praised the efforts of the Biden administration in securing her release: "I'm just standing here overwhelmed with emotions."
According to a joint Saudi-UAE statement, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman played a leading role in mediation efforts, along with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
The heir to the Saudi throne has good relations with Russia's Vladimir Putin and in September he helped co-ordinate a complex swap of hundreds of prisoners held by Russia and Ukraine.
But the White House denied any mediation had been involved. "The only countries that negotiated this deal were the United States and Russia," said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Source: BBC
