Britney Griner

Russia says it hopes to secure a prisoner swap with the United States to return convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death", in an exchange that would likely include U.S. basketball star, Brittney Griner.

A Russian court has upheld the nine-year sentence of U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil.