Putin World Lets Slip Sinister Master Plan for American Prisoners
GettyThe anti-American atmosphere in Russia is off the charts and now, the Americans who had the misfortune of ending up in Russian captivity are being used as pawns in the Kremlinโs cruel game. Basketball star Brittney Griner, detained in Russia on alleged drug charges, as well as two U.S. veterans captured by Russian troops in Ukraine last weekโAlexander Drueke and Andy Huynhโare being portrayed by the Kremlin-controlled state media as bargaining chips in Russiaโs crusade against the West.As G
news.yahoo.comWife of WNBA's Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened
WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the American embassy in Russia on the coupleโs fourth anniversary Saturday, but they never connected since the phone line at the embassy was not staffed, Cherelle Griner said Monday. The couple has not spoken by phone in the four months since Griner's arrest in Russia on drug-related charges. On Monday, she said she learned from her wife's lawyers a more distressing truth: Brittney Griner had actually tried to call 11 times over a period of several hours, dialing a number she'd been given at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, which the couple had been told would then patch the call through to Cherelle Griner in Phoenix.
news.yahoo.comDetention of WNBAโs Griner in Moscow extended for 1 month โ Houston Public Media
Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
houstonpublicmedia.orgVIDEO: What could be next for Brittney Griner
Houston native and WNBA star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia for nearly two months after being detained at an airport. With Grinerโs May 19 court appearance looming, KPRC 2โฒs Owen Conflenti and Lisa Hernandez spoke with Aron Solomon, chief legal analyst for Esquire Digital, about whatโs next for Griner
Russia releases US Marine vet in surprise prisoner exchange
WASHINGTON (AP) โ Russia and the United States have carried out an unexpected prisoner exchange in a time of high tensions, trading on Wednesday a Marine veteran jailed by Moscow for a convicted Russi[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.com2 months after Griner's arrest, mystery surrounds her case
For another person in another country at another time, the case might have been a minor matter: an American citizen detained at an airport for allegedly possessing a cannabis derivative legal in much of the world. Griner, a WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was arrested in Russia, where the offense can mean years in prison, and at a moment when tensions with the U.S. were rising to their highest point in decades. โThere are many countries around the world where you do not want to get in trouble, and Russia is one of them,โ said Clarence Lusane, a Howard University political science professor who specializes in criminal justice and drug policy.
news.yahoo.comWhat Brittney Grinerโs detention in Russia tells us about basketballโs gender pay gap โ Houston Public Media
"The reality is, she's over there because of a gender issue โ pay inequity," the head of the WNBA's players union said this week about the basketball star who's been detained in Russia since February.
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