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Russia Dampens Biden Admin’s Hopes Of Prisoner Swap For Detained WNBA Star
The Daily Caller ^ | 07.28.2022 | Micaela Burrow

Posted on 07/29/2022 5:38:09 AM PDT by Macky Cracklins

Russia said Thursday it was not close to a trade for the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, just a day after the U.S. revealed it placed an offer on the table for her freedom.

The U.S. initially proposed a prisoner exchange in June, offering to release notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout for Griner, according to CNN. While both sides have been in negotiations for months, Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry, said little progress had been made, according to Reuters.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: americalast; democrats; woke
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To: Macky Cracklins

So the decrepit-in-chief is willing to trade an arms dealer for a basketball player who had a bit of weed in her bags.

I think Russia arrested her as a way of giving America a slap in the face. She doesn’t deserve jail time, but she’s in Russia, and has to abide by Russia’s rules.

The sorry old goat is willing to trade because she checks three privilege boxes. (Which get you nowhere in Russia).


41 posted on 07/29/2022 6:27:28 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Damn it! We need Trump! America First!)
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To: Macky Cracklins

HA HA HA , they want demented, pedophile, crap in his pants Biden to grovel. Putin says FJB!.

They ought to pipe in the Star Spangled Banner in her cell 24/7 until she goes nuts.


42 posted on 07/29/2022 6:32:12 AM PDT by wetgundog (i)
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To: Krosan

What should be the reaction if the ‘Russian mercenary’ does the grave crime in your country? Ever heard a broken windows theory? That is how lawlessness starts.


43 posted on 07/29/2022 6:32:57 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: A_Former_Democrat

She did the crime, she should do the time. Putin would do well to avoid a poisonous trade like that.


44 posted on 07/29/2022 6:36:51 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: NorseViking

Possession of $20 worth of weed is not a grave crime in Russia, Sergey.

The usual process is that the police will confiscate it, smoke it himself and maybe demand a small bribe.

Of course you already knew it all and are just pretending.


45 posted on 07/29/2022 6:46:58 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: Macky Cracklins

How stupid can you be to break drug laws in Russia.


46 posted on 07/29/2022 6:54:02 AM PDT by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: Macky Cracklins

Please, oh please, Russia, keep the bitch.


47 posted on 07/29/2022 6:56:31 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: A_Former_Democrat; All

I’m just delighted that the Bidsen administration prioritizes really, really important things such as helping celebrity athletes who act badly over lesser thngs...like closing our border.


48 posted on 07/29/2022 6:56:56 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: allendale

Something tells me Moochelle is pushing hard behind the scenes for the release of a fellow black lesbian. As one of Biden’s string pullers she will agree to any demand from Putin - knowing that Biden will get the full blame for ‘caving’ to Putin.


49 posted on 07/29/2022 7:03:32 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: Macky Cracklins

I’m rooting for the Russians on this. Keep her in their jail.

She/he/it should consider it a favor since she hates this racist country.


50 posted on 07/29/2022 7:05:22 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: OHPatriot

And “she” has reportedly traveled a lot in Russia and knew the rules. Maybe, Putin will eventually expose OTHER facts .


51 posted on 07/29/2022 7:09:51 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: Macky Cracklins

At least until the midterms have been completed, at any rate. Right now, I’m pretty sure that Putin is thinking in political terms at this juncture, and he has decided inaction is the best action to take.


52 posted on 07/29/2022 7:09:51 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Krosan

Sheheit has regularly traveled in Russia it turns out...


54 posted on 07/29/2022 7:14:28 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: Socon-Econ

“She did the crime, she should do the time.”

That’s so yesterday! Especially here in the US of A.


55 posted on 07/29/2022 7:15:58 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Macky Cracklins

Speaks volumes that the State Dept. has yet to open negotiations for a cease fire in Ukraine but is negotiating for the return of a pot smoking lesbian.


56 posted on 07/29/2022 7:18:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Joe Biden, VOTUS. Vegetable of the United States.)
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To: ping jockey

Brandon was spot on when he proclaimed that, “Putin doesn’t want me to be elected...he doesn’t want to have to deal with me.”

He’s correct. Brandon is a laughing stock, and Putin is laughing his ass off.


57 posted on 07/29/2022 7:23:28 AM PDT by AFret. (.)
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To: dfwgator

You are correct. I’m waiting for the Russians to put him in a male gulag and let the inmates have at it.


58 posted on 07/29/2022 7:33:12 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: Macky Cracklins
If Viktor Bout was traded, he would go to a Russian prison, instead Brittney Griner, she would be out of the cell here in America, so there is no equivalence in the trade,
The bad thing about that proposal is that the Russians thought that all Americans are as idiotic as their president
59 posted on 07/29/2022 7:35:58 AM PDT by californian by choice
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To: goodnesswins

Yes, she is a dumbass. That’s why the Russians picked her. They want their propaganda hostages to have a shady past. She is perfect for it having badmouthed America before and now wishing to be saved.

Same with Whealan. He was a POG with a Bad Conduct discharge after stealing money from the USMC and forging a letter recommending himself for the Legion of Merit.

Russians wouldn’t want their hostages to be all American heroes. They pick these kinds of (very) imperfect people on purpose.


60 posted on 07/29/2022 7:37:07 AM PDT by Krosan
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