The American basketball star and Olympic champion Brittney Griner is being released from prison. She had been held in Russia for almost 10 months.
美国篮球明星和奥运冠军布里特尼格里纳即将出狱。她在俄罗斯被关押了将近 10 个月。
 
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday that Griner was on an airplane back to the U.S. She was arrested in February.
美国总统拜登的政府周四表示，格里纳当时正乘飞机返回美国。她于 2 月被捕。
 
Russian officials said they found two small containers of marijuana oil in her bags as she arrived at the airport in Moscow.
俄罗斯官员说，当她抵达莫斯科机场时，他们在她的包里发现了两个小容器的大麻油。
 
She pleaded guilty to the charge in July and then faced trial. Griner said she mistakenly packed the objects in a rush to get to the airport. In August, she was sentenced to a prison term of nine years.
她在 7 月对指控认罪，然后面临审判。格里纳说，她在匆忙赶往机场时错误地收拾了这些物品。 8 月，她被判处 9 年有期徒刑。
 
After months of negotiations between Russian and American officials, Griner was released in a prisoner swap. Russian weapons seller Viktor Bout is being sent home. Bout was serving a sentence of 25 years.
经过俄罗斯和美国官员数月的谈判，格林纳在交换囚犯中获释。俄罗斯武器销售商 Viktor Bout 被遣送回国。布特服刑 25 年。
 
American officials said they had been hoping to also gain the release of businessman Paul Whelan. He was charged with spying in December 2018 and given a 16-year sentence in 2020.
美国官员表示，他们一直希望也能让商人保罗·惠兰获释。他于 2018 年 12 月被指控从事间谍活动，并于 2020 年被判处 16 年徒刑。
 
In announcing the release of Griner, Biden spoke about Whelan. He said: "we've not forgotten about Paul Whelan…We will keep negotiating in good faith for Paul's release."
在宣布释放格里纳时，拜登谈到了惠兰。他说：“我们没有忘记保罗·惠兰……我们将继续本着诚意为保罗的获释进行谈判。”
 
Whelan's brother, David, said the U.S. made the right choice to bring Griner home instead of waiting for a trade "that wasn't going to happen."
惠兰的兄弟大卫说，美国做出了正确的选择，将格里纳带回家等待交易“那不会发生”。
 
Officials said the prisoner exchange happened in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
官方称，交换囚犯发生在阿联酋阿布扎比。
 
Griner was arrested on February 17, but the news did not come out until March. Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
格里纳于2月17日被捕，但直到3月才传出消息。俄罗斯在 2 月下旬入侵了乌克兰。
Griner traveled to Russia to play basketball for her team, UMMC Ekaterinburg. The fact that Griner, one of the top players in the American basketball league for women – the WNBA - had to play games in Russia had many people asking why the league does not pay its players more.
Griner 前往俄罗斯为她的球队 UMMC Ekaterinburg 打篮球。格里纳是美国女子篮球联盟 (WNBA) 的顶级球员之一，不得不在俄罗斯打比赛，这一事实让很多人问为什么联盟不给球员更高的薪水。
 
She is also married to a woman, which made many pay attention to how Russia treats Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer people.
她还嫁给了一个女人，这让很多人关注俄罗斯如何对待女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、跨性别者和酷儿。
Lawyers said the nine-year prison term was too much for the offense of bringing a small amount of marijuana oil into Russia. At her sentencing, Griner said she was sorry, and she hoped the ruling "does not end my life."
律师表示，九年徒刑对这一罪行来说太过分了将少量大麻油带入俄罗斯。在宣判时，格林纳说她很抱歉，她希望判决“不会终结我的生命”。
 
The negotiations related to Griner, however, led to the highest-level communication between Russia and the U.S. in over five months.
然而，与 Griner 相关的谈判导致了俄罗斯和美国之间五个多月以来的最高级别沟通。
U. S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke about Griner's case.
美国。美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯和俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫谈到了格里纳的案件。