Brittney Griner, former Russian captive and current Olympian, celebrates historic prisoner swap
The WNBA star in Paris for the Olympics issued a joyful statement after news of the exchange spread.
August 02 2024 1:44 PM
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News from within the borders of Russia and the fight for LGBT equality there. The country's president, Vladimir Putin, ignited an international firestorm in the summer after signing the so-called gay propaganda law, which prohibits positive depictions of LGBT people in the Russian media. Russia is a country in southern Eurasia. It is also the world's largest country, although it ranks eighth most populous. Russia has a rich cultural heritage, and has contributed such figures as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Anna Pavlova, and Igor Stravinsky.
The WNBA star in Paris for the Olympics issued a joyful statement after news of the exchange spread.
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