The Biden Administration has offered Moscow a prisoner swap that would free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two high-profile Americans who are jailed in Russia's notorious judicial system, it was reported Wednesday.The proposal would free Griner, a WNBA star, and Whelan, a Marine veteran convicted on spying charges he and the government deny, in exchange for freeing Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout.Bout, who was the inspiration the Nicholas Cage character in Merchant of Death, is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted on trafficking charges.
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