Chances Hopeful For Griner's Release

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Published on August 10 2022 6:00 am
Last Updated on August 10 2022 6:08 am

Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. BIill Richardson, who’s been an emissary in hostage negotiations, told AP he’s hopeful about the chances of a prisoner swap for the release of WNBA star Britney Griner by Russia.

He wouldn’t say what role he may be playing, but said he was “relatively positive,” including because the end of Griner’s criminal case last week gave an opening for negotiations to begin in earnest.

 

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