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Griner was traded for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. The swap did not include former Marine Paul Whelan who remains imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges the U.S. says are false.
The WNBA star "openly hates our Country," Donald Trump said in one of many Republican swipes at her participation in the 2020 racial justice protests.
Griner, 32, who was arrested in Russia in February on drug charges, and Viktor Bout, 55, who was serving a 25-year sentence in a US prison, were exchanged at an airport in Abu Dhabi.
Fire breaks out at shopping mall in Moscow region -- media-
The massive blaze, which spread to the size of a football pitch, ripped through the Mega shopping centre in Khimki near the Russian capital in the early hours of this morning.