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https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35210713/the-hectic-final-chapter-wnba-star-brittney-griner-russia

"We have been raising Paul Whelan's case with the Russians since the earliest days of this administration," one senior administration official said during a background briefing.
A White House official told ESPN on Thursday that the United States at one point offered a straight trade of Bout for Whelan, who has 12 years remaining on his sentence.
"It was a nonstarter," the White House official said. Russian officials said they considered Whelan to be a "different class" of prisoner than Griner or Bout. But officials said their Russian counterparts have not offered any counterproposal involving Whelan.