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On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a 1-for-1 prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia in August 2022 and sentenced to ...
Two WNBA players were among a dozen Americans that opted to play in Russia this past offseason, a decision New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton said raised a few eyebrows following Brittney ...
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner reacted to release of more Americans from Russian detention, speaking to reporters in Paris where she is competing with Team USA in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Brittney Yvette Griner (/ ˈ ɡ r aɪ n ər /; born October 18, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). [1] She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and a six-time WNBA All-Star . [ 4 ]
Mondesí was found guilty of embezzling $6.3 million as the mayor of San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. [283] Ray Morgan: Retired Maryland February 1924 (conviction) Assaulting a policeman 1 year imprisonment One of his co-defendants was found not guilty and the other was only fined $300. [284] Troy Neel: Retired United States
Griner was arrested at an airport near Moscow last month after Russian authorities searched her luggage and allegedly found vape cartridges containing hashish oil. The Russian Federal Customs ...
The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody after being detained in February 2022 and sentenced to nine years in prison under drug-smuggling charges after ...
The US requested the release of US basketball player Brittney Griner, imprisoned in Russia on minor drug charges and former US Marine Paul Whelan, serving 16 years in Russia for espionage. In July 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Sergei Lavrov for the first time since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Blinken made an ...