Live updates: Brittney Griner released in swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention and is on her way back to the United States, President Biden announced Thursday.

Moscow released the athlete in a swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to two senior administration officials and a separate statement from Russia’s foreign ministry. President Biden approved the release of Bout, commuting his 25-year prison sentence, one of the U.S. officials said.

Griner had been in Russian custody since her arrest at an airport near Moscow in February, when she was accused of entering with vape cartridges containing less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage, which is illegal there. Her lawyers said it was prescribed as part of treatment for chronic pain and other conditions.