Basketball:US State Department meets with Griners Phoenix Mercury
Jun 13, 2022 10:41 p.m
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Directly from the dpa news channel
Washington (AP) – Officials from the US State Department have met with representatives of the WNBA team of basketball Olympic champion Brittney Griner, who is imprisoned in Russia. This was reported by the US news agency AP, citing the ministry.
Accordingly, at the meeting, in addition to representatives of the Phoenix Mercury, specialists from the department for hostages and illegally held Americans were present. There was no information about the content or reasons for the meeting.
Griner has been in a Russian prison for almost four months. The two-time Olympic champion and star player of the WNBA team Phoenix Mercury was arrested on February 17 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on charges of drug possession. You face five to ten years in prison. The US State Department classifies the arrest of the 31-year-old as unlawful.
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