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Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout freed after trade for American Brittney Griner
Convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout was freed Thursday after he was traded for American basketball star Brittney Griner, who faced nine years in a Russian penal colony for a narcotics conviction. According to media reports, Bout and Griner were exchanged on an airport tarmac in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.…