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President Biden To Deliver Remarks On Griner-Bout Prisoner Transfer

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US President Joe Biden is shortly due to deliver unscheduled remarks on an agreed prisoner transfer of US NBA star Brittney Griner for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.

  • Livestream of the remarks due to begin shortly: https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
  • Biden may use the remarks to head off potential criticism that the deal was more favourable to Moscow. Bout was arrested in Thailand in 2008 after an extensive investigation and considered by US authorities one of the most dangerous men on earth.
  • The deal has failed to secure the release of a second US political prisoner, Paul Whelan.

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