Brittney Griner - report

American basketball player (born 1990)

Brittney Yevette Griner is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. women's national basketball team and a six-time WNBA All-Star. She was additionally named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.

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Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) said the prisoner swap for Brittney Griner was a bad deal. Gallagher said the Biden administration has taken a weak posture on releasing prisoners before. Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons seems angry that President Joe Biden agreed to a deal that didn't include former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
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Brittney Griner, 32, a two-time Olympic gold medallist, was serving nine years in a Russian penal colony for possession of cannabis. She was exchanged with Viktor Bout, 55, a notorious international arms dealer known as the ‘merchant of death’ The exchange took place in the United Arab Emirates yesterday after tense negotiations against the backdrop of war in Ukraine.
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Brittney Griner was released as part of a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. Paul Whelan, another American imprisoned in Russia, was not a part of the swap. Griner had been detained since February, when she was arrested on drug smuggling charges at an airport in the Moscow region.
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The Mercury center was arrested Feb. 17 at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow. The 32-year-old was arrested for cannabis smuggling at the start of the year. She had been entering Russia to play for UMMC Ekaterinburg during the WNBA off-season at the time of her arrest. The exchange did not include the return of another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.
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Brittney Griner has been relocated to a penal colony in Mordovia, about 210 miles east of Moscow. She was sentenced in August following her February arrest at an airport in Moscow, when Russian authorities say she was caught entering the country with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. The US State Department declared Griner to be 'wrongfully detained'
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The WNBA, in a statement also responded, saying it was "crushed" by the move. The forced labor camp was part of the nine-year sentence she received in August. Griner was arrested in Russia for allegedly possessing cannabis oil.
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist is serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia. She was convicted of smuggling and possessing cannabis oil. The WNBA star will serve time in one of the country's infamous penal colonies.
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Brittney Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug smuggling. She was also fined 1 million rubles (£13,230.60) by Russian authorities. US government is attempting to engineer a prisoner swap for Griner.
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Brittney Griner found guilty of drug possession and smuggling by a Russian court. She was found with vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in an airport in Moscow. The decision was swiftly condemned by U.S. President Joe Biden. The WNBA and NBA also issued a joint statement blasting the ruling.
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The treatment of foreign and domestic athletes in Russia bodes ill for the country reestablishing its reputation in professional sports circle. Brittney Griner's treatment will likely discourage other foreign athletes from working again in Russia. Russian media had speculated that Griner could be a part of a prisoner swap.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner, 31, has been detained in Russia since February. She faces up to 10 years in prison for the alleged transportation and smuggling of cannabis products. Her position on whether she accepts or rejects the accusation remains unclear.
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Brittney Griner, 31, was arrested Feb. 17 at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Khimki, Russia. Officials allegedly found vapes containing hashish oil, or weed oil, in her suitcase. U.S. Department of State reclassified her as wrongfully detained.
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Brittney Griner, 31, was arrested in February at an airport near Moscow. She is accused of illegally transporting cartridges of hashish oil. Griner’s lawyer Alexander Boikov said he believed the relatively short extension of the detention indicated the case would come to trial soon.
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The U.S. government now considers WNBA star Brittney Griner to be wrongfully detained in Russia. The Phoenix Mercury player was detained in the country on drug charges in February. She is facing drug charges with up to 10 years in prison, according to Russian media reports.
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Brittney Griner will be detained until May 19 at least. Court rejected her appeal following her arrest at a Moscow airport on drug charges. Griner, 31, was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February. Customs checks found several vaping devices which contained a banned hashish oil.