Brittney Griner is at the center of a “substantial offer” the U.S. has made to Russia. Let us explain what it all means …

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00:00The Biden administration revealed that the U.S. has made an offer to Russia in an attempt to bring

00:05home WNBA star Brittany Griner and a former U.S. Marine. So what are the details of that offer and

00:10how is the Biden administration trying to help? Brut can explain in less than 60 seconds.

00:14Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, told reporters that a substantial offer to

00:19release the two Americans was made to Russia. And when asked for specifics, Blinken declined

00:24to comment. But CNN and other outlets have reported that the deal would include a prisoner swap,

00:29which would send Victor Bu, an arms trafficker known as the Merchant of Death, back to Russia.

00:34The Department of Justice has historically disagreed with prisoner trades, but this

00:39alleged deal has the backing of the Biden administration. Griner has been in Russian

00:43custody for five months and is currently in the middle of her trial. If convicted on drug charges,

00:47she faces up to 10 years in a Russian prison. At the publishing time of this video,

00:52Russia had not yet agreed to the substantial offer made by the U.S.