American women’s basketball superstar Brittney Griner is still being held prisoner in Moscow as tensions rage between Russia and the West. The player who plays in an illustrious Russian club found herself in a bad position in an airport a few weeks ago. Customs officers arrested her when they discovered in her luggage, according to the Russian authorities, a vape and cannabis oil. What put it then in beautiful sheets. She has since been detained in Moscow, prosecuted and faces 5 to 10 years in prison. His arrest, revealed only last weekend, is causing a stir in the United States where it is believed that his arrest and especially his detention are collateral damage to the current tensions between the West and Russia amid the war in Ukraine. .
Faced with the detention of the basketball player, Joe Biden is raising his voice. As reported by The Associated Press, the administration of the American president now considers that Brittney Griner is “wrongly retained” by the Russians. An injustice that pushes the United States to put much more resources to try to free the WNBA star from the Phoenix Mercury. The American authorities instructed a section of the State Department specializing in hostage cases to free the young woman. “The president’s special envoy for hostage affairs, Roger Carstens, will lead the team tasked with securing the release of Brittney Griner“, specifies the State Department with ESPN.
Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBA players’ union, also wanted to publicly support Brittney Giner in a statement reported by The Associated Press: “It has been 75 days since our friend, teammate, sister, Brittney Griner, was wrongfully detained in Russia. It’s time for her to go home. Having learned that the US government has now determined that Brittney is wrongfully detained, we hope their efforts will be significant, swift and successful.“
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