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The fate of an American basketball star is at the heart of new tensions between Moscow and Washington. Thursday, August 4, Britney Griner was sentenced by a Russian court to nine years in prison for drug trafficking. Friday evening, August 5, the two countries are discussing an exchange of prisoners.
Britney Griner is one of the best basketball players in the world. This American, star in the United States and two-time Olympic champion, is in court in Moscow, Russia. Its 2 m 06 hardly fit in the cage of the defendants. She is dismayed at the announcement of the verdict: nine years in prison in a penal colony. A very heavy sentence despite an apology in court.
His nightmare began in February. Coming to play in Moscow, she was arrested at the airport because a vaper with cannabis was found in her suitcase. She denied any traffic. She is hostage to a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Russia, against a backdrop of war in Ukraine. The young woman and another American prisoner could be exchanged for Viktor Bout, a famous Russian arms trafficker convicted in the United States.
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