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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/A9.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Basketball Star Griner Exchanged for Russian Arms Dealer' data-article-id='6329'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6896'>The American basketball star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner is being released from prison. </span> <span data-start-time='6896' data-end-time='11667'>She had been held in Russia for almost 10 months.</span> <span data-start-time='11667' data-end-time='19729'>The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that Griner was on an airplane back to the U.S. </span> <span data-start-time='19729' data-end-time='23083'>She was arrested in February.</span> <span data-start-time='23083' data-end-time='33458'>Russian officials said they found two small containers of marijuana oil in her bags as she arrived at the airport in Moscow.</span> <span data-start-time='33458' data-end-time='39521'>She pleaded guilty to the charge in July and then faced trial. </span> <span data-start-time='39521' data-end-time='46583'>Griner said she mistakenly packed the objects in a rush to get to the airport. </span> <span data-start-time='46583' data-end-time='52771'>In August, she was sentenced to a prison term of nine years.</span> <span data-start-time='52771' data-end-time='62021'>After months of negotiations between Russian and American officials, Griner was released in a prisoner swap. </span> <span data-start-time='62021' data-end-time='67000'>Russian weapons seller Viktor Bout is being sent home. </span> <span data-start-time='67000' data-end-time='72625'>Bout was serving a sentence of 25 years.</span> <span data-start-time='72625' data-end-time='79333'>American officials said they had been hoping to also gain the release of businessman Paul Whelan. </span> <span data-start-time='79333' data-end-time='88583'>He was charged with spying in December 2018 and given a 16-year sentence in 2020.</span> <span data-start-time='88583' data-end-time='94104'>In announcing the release of Griner, Biden spoke about Whelan. </span> <span data-start-time='94104' data-end-time='102208'>He said: “we’ve not forgotten about Paul Whelan…We will keep negotiating in good faith for Paul’s release.”</span> <span data-start-time='102208' data-end-time='111813'>Whelan’s brother, David, said the U.S. made the right choice to bring Griner home instead of waiting for a trade “that wasn’t going to happen.”</span> <span data-start-time='111813' data-end-time='119417'>Officials said the prisoner exchange happened in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/A9.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=19090 data-hint-location='52771' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/which_of_the_following_is_a_definition_of_the_word_swap.wav'>Which of the following is a definition of the word swap?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an exchange'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/an_exchange.wav'><span>an exchange</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/to_bat_away.wav'><span>to bat away</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/a_white_gooselike_bird.wav'><span>a white, goose-like bird</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/a_waterbased_activity.wav'><span>a water-based activity</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=19091 data-hint-location='111813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/where_did_the_exchange_occur.wav'>Where did the exchange occur?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Abu Dhabi'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/abu_dhabi.wav'><span>Abu Dhabi</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/atlanta.wav'><span>Atlanta</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/alexandria.wav'><span>Alexandria</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/osaka.wav'><span>Osaka</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=19092 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/the_american_basketball_star_and_olympic_champion_brittney_griner_is_being_released_from__blank__.wav'>The American basketball star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner is being released from <span class='blank'>prison</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='prison'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/prison.wav'><span>prison</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/poison.wav'><span>poison</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/pigeon.wav'><span>pigeon</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5726/prism.wav'><span>prism</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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