Vladimir ‘s top allies in Russia are mocking America over the recent prisoner swap that saw the US release convicted arms dealer Viktor EvDeN eVE naKLiyAt<\/a> Bout in exchange for WNBA star , claiming that Russia got the better end of the deal.<\/p>\n Maria Butina, the pro-Putin MP elected to Russia’s Duma after serving a US prison sentence for acting as an unregistered foreign agent, led the charge in taunting the US over Thursday’s exchange.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘The fact that Russia pushed through the exchange of Bout, whom America fundamentally did not want to give away for many years, evDen Eve nAKLiyAT<\/a> right now means that, like in The Godfather, we “made them an offer that cannot be refused,”‘ Butina boasted in Russian on her Telegram channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘This is a position of strength, comrades,’ added Butina, who was deported back to Russia in 2019 after serving an 18-month sentence in the US.<\/p>\n On Thursday, the US and Russia announced that Griner, who was sentenced to nine years of hard prison time on cannabis-related charges, had been exchanged for Bout.\u00a0<\/p>\n