Russia is Laughing at Us

Brittney Griner lands back in US after Biden admin's controversial prisoner swap
Biden announced Griner was released in a prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is known as the 'merchant of death.'

The deal was finalized after Russia showed it was unwilling to free U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, a Marine and Iraqi war veteran Russia arrested in 2018 for allegedly conducting intelligence work, the White House said. Whelan was convicted in 2020.

The exchange caused some backlash as Bout was previously convicted of selling weapons used in the killing of Americans.

Bout has already returned to Russia as Russian TV showed him walking off a plane on a snow-covered tarmac in Moscow.

His mother and wife were there to greet him.

Russia is Laughing at Us