US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Elizabeth Rood said Brittney Griner was “wrongfully jailed” after a Russian court upheld her conviction. “It is honestly tragic that Ms. Griner had to spend her birthday last week in a Russian prison rather than at home with her family and on the basketball court with her teammates” Brittney Griner was … Read more
President Joe Biden has made it plain that WNBA star Brittney Griner “should be released immediately.” Former Marine Whelan has been imprisoned in Russia since 2018. Sullivan said. “President Biden has been very clear that Brittney should be released immediately.” President Joe Biden has made it plain that WNBA star Brittney Griner “should be released … Read more
A day after sentencing Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for drug use, Russia stated it was open to private prisoner exchange talks. The case was launched against Griner after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Lavrov stated in Cambodia, “We are ready to resolve this matter inside the Putin-Biden channel. A day after … Read more
Legal counselors protecting U.S. b-ball player Brittney Griner. Russian court on Friday she was recommended clinical pot. United States for a constant physical issue, a Reuters writer at the court revealed. Griner conceded to drugs charges which convey a jail sentence of as long as a decade after she was kept at a Moscow air … Read more
U.S. b-ball star Brittney Griner conceded. To a medications charge in a Russian court on Thursday. Denied she had purposefully overstepped the law. Griner was talking at the second knowing about her preliminary on an opiates charge that conveys a sentence of as long as 10 years in jail. Days after she encouraged U.S. President … Read more
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to a drugs charge in a Russian court. Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport with vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in Russia. The 29-year-old has been kept in custody since. U.S. officials and many athletes have called for the release of Griner, … Read more
U.S. WNBA ball star Brittney Griner has made an immediate supplication. President Joe Biden to support her in a close to home letter. Shipped off the White House on Monday as she remains confined. Griner, who was held at a Moscow air terminal on Feb. 17 when a pursuit of her baggage supposedly uncovered numerous … Read more
U.S. b-ball star Brittney Griner went being investigated in a court on the edges of Moscow. Friday to hear drug charges that could see her serve as long as 10 years in a Russian prison. Griner, 31, was officially told at this first hearing that she was accused of purposefully bringing opiates into Russia. She … Read more
Brittney Griner is being investigated in Russia on drug charges that could see her have to do with 10 years in prison. Griner plays place for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and is a seven-time WNBA All-Star. Griner, a headliner in the U.S.- based Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), was confined at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo … Read more
Detained US ladies’ basketball celebrity Brittney Griner may be honoured in any respect WNBA venues while the new season gets underway later this week, the league said Tuesday. Griner has been in custody in Russia on the grounds that being stopped at Moscow’s airport on February 17 after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil have been … Read more
