it s hard for things to be out in the open like this. the kremlin understands that the biden administration is under pressure, and all of society to bring britteny and paul home. i think one of the questions the administration doesn t want brittney griner back, they want paul whelan back, that s been there for significantly longer. it s made clear they have offered viktor bout, the former arms dealer. bout has been an objective of the kremlin for a long time. do you see that being possible? or is the u.s. going to consider someone else? viktor bout is a huge arms trafficker. he had the language in jail.
the russian arms trafficker, victor boot. but officials will keep pressing for his release. this is a portrait of the so-called justice in russia. in america, there was another big update about justice, for breonna taylor. we ll have more on that, next. t, next. ks] [dog panting] [dogs barking] [dogs growling] [dogs whimpering] (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. [dog barks] for too long, big pharma has been squeezing americans for every penny, and inflation has only added to the pain. but congress has a historic opportunity to deliver relief, by passing a bill to let medicare negotiate lower drug prices and put money back in the pockets of seniors.
editor steve rosenberg. in court today brittney griner said she made an honest mistake when she brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil into russia. she made a plea for leniency and that fell on deaf years, really, and thejudge found her guilty and sentenced her to nine years in a russian prison. her defence team says it will appeal. president biden said the sentence was unacceptable and said that brittney griner should be released immediately. question, might russia release her? after all, we know that america and russia have been talking about a possible prisoner swap that could involve brittney griner and also a former us marine, paul whelan, who is also injail in russia. washington says it has put a substantial proposal on the table. some reports suggest that in order to bring these two people home, america may be prepared to release the notorious arms trafficker viktor bout. he was sentenced to 25 years in an american jail one decade ago.
to make a deal with moscow and a tense relations between the two countries over russia s invasion of ukraine. the biden administration propose the prisoner swap with russia back in june to exchange britney griner and detain american businessman paul whelan for russian arms trafficker viktor bout. a u.s. official tells nbc news, russia has not responded substantively to that offer demanding that a russian spy jailed in germany for murder be added before they will agree to the exchange. we interpreted that the leaks about that, from the russian side, as just a bad faith attempt to avoid and crowd out and distract everybody, from what is an actually serious proposal that we made. and we made weeks ago, andrea. this isn t something that just popped up. we have been working on this for weeks. and we think this is a bad faith attempt by the russians, knowing that it s not a serious counter offer, just to cloud up the waters, make things money
substantively to, a quote, serious offer that the u.s. in june for the arms trafficker viktor bout. this is a portrait of so-called justice in russia. here in america, there was another big update about justice for breonna taylor. we ll have more on that, next. save $500 on the sleep number 360 c4 smart bed queen now only $1,299. lowest price ever. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy.