![Russian guards appeared to troll WNBA star Brittney Griner Thursday as she left the penal colony following a prisoner exchange. [Twitter Screenshot Mary Ilyushina]](https://images.dailycaller.com/image/width=960,height=411,fit=cover,f=auto/https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-08-at-2.42.58-PM-e1670528785457.png "Russian guards appeared to troll WNBA star Brittney Griner Thursday as she left the penal colony following a prisoner exchange. [Twitter Screenshot Mary Ilyushina]")
Russian guards appeared to troll WNBA player Brittney Griner on Thursday as she left the penal colony where she’d been imprisoned.
Griner was released Thursday after months in Russian detention in exchange for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, also known as the “Merchant of Death.”
“Are you going to come here [again]? Yeah? Come,” the guards said, appearing to taunt Griner, who then got into a van. (RELATED: Micah Parsons Held His Ground For Only An Hour Before Apologizing For Joe Biden Snipe)
Video of Brittney Griner leaving the penal colony in Mordovia. Not really sure what to make of the guard’s question: “Are you going to come here [again]? Yeah? Come.” pic.twitter.com/BlWAgonBMi
— Mary Ilyushina (@maryilyushina) December 8, 2022
Russian authorities arrested Griner in February after allegedly catching her with cannabis oil at a Moscow airport. The Phoenix Suns player pleaded guilty to charges of drug possession and smuggling in July but denied malicious intent. In August, Griner was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony.
Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, who has been detained in Russia since 2018, was not included in the exchange and will remain incarcerated in Russia. The Biden administration reportedly offered to trade Bout in exchange for Griner and Whelan, but the White House claims it did not receive a positive response from Russia.