NBA Basketball | Dennis Rodman will travel to Russia to mediate with Putin the release of Brittney Griner

The iconic former NBA player is scheduled to travel to the Russian capital next week

Rodman maintains a good relationship with both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un

After being doomed by russian justice a 9 years in prison by ‘possession’ y ‘drug smuggling’, Brittney Griner could count on the help of an iconic former NBA player, as is Dennis Rodman, to get his release.

Both Russia and the United States are in negotiations to carry out a prisoner exchange that ‘satisfies’ all parties. There is talk of returning Russia to Viktor Bout, an arms dealer who was at the time one of the most wanted criminals in the world, in exchange for Grinner and Paul Whelan, a marine veteran who has been imprisoned on Russian soil since 2018, for something similar to the player, who was seized marijuana oil at the airport when trying to enter the country.

The American media NBC collects some statements by Rodman in which he explains that is willing to travel to Russia in the next few days to meet Vladimir Putin and try to get Griner released. “I have obtained the permission to get to travel and I will do it next week. I know Putin too well,” Rodman explained.

The truth is that, after retiring, the controversial former player and NBA champion up to five times, has held meetings with the leader of North Korea, and Kim Jong-Un who is linked by a friendly relationship. In fact, in an action similar to the one he wants to carry out with Griner, Rodman also mediated for the release of Kenneth Bae, a missionary who was arrested in 2012 after discovering a hard drive with images of starving children, and who, after Rodman’s visit to the Asian country, managed to ease his release from prison in 2014.

US authorities strongly discourage its citizens who travel to Russia, due to the growing tension between the two countries after the conflict with Ukraine, and thus avoid possible pressure and unjust arrests. But Rodman’s landing in Moscow is a matter of days, and seeing his background, nothing is ruled out, and again, unofficially, You could do your country a favor again.