Secretary of State Antony Blinken recommits his pledge to work to bring American Paul Whelan on the 4-year anniversary of Whelan's wrongful conviction and Russian imprisonment.
The Biden administration prisoner exchange was a bad deal, Mr. Bout was released from U.S. custody (sentenced to 25 years in federal prison) in exchange for Russia releasing WNBA player Ms. Brittney..
The Biden administration was excited Thursday to announce that it had reached a deal with Russia to free WNBA basketball player Brittney Griner from a Russian jail, but critics on social media blasted..
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