{"id":1770756,"date":"2022-12-09T14:05:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T19:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1770756"},"modified":"2022-12-09T14:40:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T19:40:03","slug":"russian-state-tv-praises-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-as-capitulation-by-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-state-tv-praises-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-as-capitulation-by-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian State TV Praises Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap as &#8220;Capitulation by America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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   <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\">Russian state media and lawmakers praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Vladimir Putin<\/a> after Moscow sent\u00a0WNBA star Brittney Griner to the U.S. for convicted Russian arms dealer Vitkor Bout, hailing the prisoner swap as a &#8220;capitulation by America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian state TV<\/a> host Yevgeny Popov wrote on his Telegram account that the life of Bout, who arrived back in Russia late last night &#8212; &#8220;is only beginning,&#8221; according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone will forget about Griner tomorrow,&#8221; Popov added.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Butina, who served 18 months in a U.S. prison after being convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, called the prisoner swap &#8220;a capitulation by America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russias-swapped-convict-viktor-bout-says-too-soon-to-say-what-hell-do-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>RUSSIA\u2019S SWAPPED CONVICT VIKTOR BOUT SAYS IT\u2019S \u2018TOO SOON\u2019 TO SAY WHAT HE WILL DO NEXT<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" \" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-82083347-e1670596310675.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Viktor Bout sits inside a detention cell at Bangkok Supreme Court on July 28, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand.\u00a0\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Viktor Bout sits inside a detention cell at Bangkok Supreme Court on July 28, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand.<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Chumsak Kanoknan\/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It shows that Russia doesn&#8217;t abandon its own while America has shown its defeat,&#8221; Butina &#8212; who is now a Russian lawmaker &#8212; said, according to Reuters. &#8220;Russia did not forget him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russian state media also described Putin as &#8220;winning&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griner-released-russian-prison-swap-convicted-arms-dealer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the exchange with the U.S.,<\/a> Reuters added.<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials have long pushed for the release of Bout, who was serving a 25-year sentence in U.S. prison after being convicted in 2011 of conspiracy to kill Americans, conspiracy to deliver anti-aircraft missiles and aiding a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-106929794-e1670596329916.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, former Soviet military officer and arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout deplanes after arriving at Westchester County Airport on Nov. 16, 2010 in White Plains, New York.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice, former Soviet military officer and arms trafficking suspect Viktor Bout deplanes after arriving at Westchester County Airport on Nov. 16, 2010 in White Plains, New York.<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by U.S. Department of Justice via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was nabbed in 2008 in a sting operation at a luxury hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, where he met with Drug Enforcement Administration informants who were posing as officials with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, which has been classified by U.S. officials as a narco-terrorist group<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Brittney-Griner24.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022.<br \/>\n<span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors said that Bout was prepared to provide the group with $20 million worth of &#8220;a breathtaking arsenal of weapons \u2014 including hundreds of surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and sniper rifles \u2014 10 million rounds of ammunition and five tons of plastic explosives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Paul Best, Caitlin McFall and The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian state media and lawmakers praised President Vladimir Putin after Moscow sent\u00a0WNBA star Brittney Griner to the U.S. for convicted Russian arms dealer Vitkor Bout, hailing the prisoner swap 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