Moscow is ready to argue with Washington Today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he exchanged prisoners of basketball player Britney Grenier through a presidential communication channel. “We are ready to discuss this issue, but only in the (communication) channel that was agreed upon by Presidents (Vladimir) Putin and (Joe) Biden,” Lavrov told a news conference in Cambodia.
The United States immediately welcomed the opening. US Secretary of State Anthony said the United States will “follow up” on Russia’s offer today to discuss a prisoner exchange between basketball player Grenier. Blinkin On the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Cambodia. “Foreign Minister (Russia) Lavrov said this morning … they are ready to commit” to an exchange for the detained American star, Blinken said, “and we will go after her.”
American basketball star Britney Greiner I was Sentenced to 9 years in prison after being convicted of drug smuggling by the Khimki CourtOn the outskirts of Moscow. Considered one of the best basketball players in the world, she was arrested in February upon arrival in Moscow for drug possession after it was found in her bag full of cannabis oil. Two-time Olympic champion with the United States, the 31-year-old American basketball player, pleaded guilty, but claimed that he inadvertently brought the substance to Russia, rejecting the drug trafficking charge. Prosecutors allege that Greiner knowingly hid cannabis oil in his luggage.
Amidst the war in Ukraine and conflict between Russia and the West, Britney Grenier’s story takes on geopolitical contours, as Moscow and Washington discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange: an exchange in which the American basketball champion could participate. The US expects to release Greiner and another US citizen held in Russia, Paul Whelan.
“They call me a political pawn, but I hope that politics will remain outside this courtroom,” the hero said during the hearing, and pleaded with the judges not to “put an end to her life” in the final appeal before ruling in Russia. . “I made a mistake in good faith, and I had no intention of breaking the law,” he said at the Khimki court. The basketball player who appeared behind bars with handcuffs asked, “I’m sorry for my team and family. I didn’t want to hurt anyone. The only thing I want is to get back to them.”
Britney is so sick it’s hard to talk to her. American basketball champion lawyers said. Griner’s lawyers have announced that they will appeal the ruling, which they now have 10 days.
Russia is holding Britney Greiner unjustly. This is unacceptable and I ask Russia to release her immediatelyJoe Biden said, commenting on the ruling of a Russian court against the basketball star.
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, expressed concern about Britney Greiner’s “unjust” nine-year prison sentence and “the Russian government’s use of illegal arrests to advance its agenda, and the use of people as political tools.” In a statement, the Secretary of State stressed that the ministry’s priority is “working to return Britney and the other unjustly imprisoned American, Paul Whelan.”
Today, Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is ready to discuss with Washington an exchange of prisoners of basketball player Brittany Grenier through a presidential communication channel. “We are ready to discuss this issue, but only in the (communication) channel that was agreed upon by Presidents (Vladimir) Putin and (Joe) Biden,” Lavrov told a news conference in Cambodia.
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