Brittney Griner/Viktor Bout exchange.

Russian news agency TASS publishes footage of the Brittney Griner/Viktor Bout exchange.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was traded in a high-stakes prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner, claimed in his first interview back home in Russia that he had some traditional Russian words for the American when the two were traded on the tarmac.

“I wished her luck, she even sort of reached out her hand to me,” Bout revealed in an interview with RT, a Russian-controlled media outlet, according to Reuters.