RUSA and the United States negotiate the exchange of the imprisoned American basketball player Britney Griner by Russian arms dealer Vktor Butknown as the “death merchant“and serving time in an American prison.
“Negotiations are currently taking place for the exchange of But for Griner“, a member of the Moscow Supervisory Commission, which is responsible for monitoring conditions in Russian prisons, informed the TASS agency.
Griner, player of UGMK Yekaterinburgwas detained on February 17 at the Sheremtevo airport in Moscow, as customs officials found cannabis oil in her suitcases.
Immediately, the basketball player, who maintains her innocence, was arrested for drug smuggling and has been in pre-trial detention ever since.
The American, who has been a member of the Russian team since 2015, could be sentenced up to 10 years of crcelsince in Russia it is prohibited by law to enter the country with cannabis.
The UGMK, trained by the Spanish Miguel MendezSpanish coach since 2021, has not made any public statement in this regard.
The arrest of Griner It expires on May 19, although the local press assumes that said precautionary measure will be prolonged.
Former US Ambassador to the UN, Bill Richardson, negotiates Griner trade31, double world and Olympic champion with her country.
But he is serving 25 years in prison, among other things, for conspiring to kill US citizens and sell weapons to the old Colombian FARC war.
Recently, Russia and USA exchanged the American student Trevor Reed, sentenced to nine years in prison for resisting arrest, for the Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenkosentenced in the USA to 20 years for drug smuggling.
