WNBA Star Brittney Griner Freed in U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

It's a controversial swap. 

See, "American Brittney Griner Released in Prisoner Swap."

American Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine imprisoned four years at some remote penal colony in outback Russia, was left behind.

At the Los Angeles Times, "Brittney Griner freed from Russian penal colony in high-level prisoner swap."

And at the New York Times, "Brittney Griner's Release Puts a Spotlight on Paul Whelan."