Brittney Griner may be extradited to the United States – on one condition.
Viktor But was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and extradited to the United States, where he was convicted. PDO
American basketball player Brittney Griner faces a prison sentence of up to ten years in Russia because of the drug crime he admitted. Traces of cannabis oil were found in two e-cigarettes in Griner’s luggage when he was leaving Russia in February. The trial is expected to continue until August.
The United States has tried to negotiate the woman’s release, but without success. Griner has hoped that the president Joe Biden would use his authority and come forward so that it would be possible to avoid serving a prison sentence in Russia.
The political nature of the case is indicated by the fact that the Russian news agency Tass reports that Russia will hand over Griner on one condition. The proposal is that the United States would extradite Griner as an arms dealer Viktor Butin. The man known as the “merchant of death” has been placed in a prison in the state of Illinois, where he is serving the 25-year prison sentence he received in 2011.
But, who was born in Tajikistan, is known to have made a fortune in large arms deals to many war-torn countries, such as Sierra Leone, Liberia and Afghanistan. Published in 2005 Nicholas Cage the movie Lord of War starred in is somewhat based on Buti’s story.
Barter cannot be considered probable, but it is not necessarily impossible either. Research assistant at the Swedish Foreign Policy Institute by Jan Hallenberg according to But’s “value” is in the order of ten Griners.
– But Biden is politically very weak during the mid-term elections, so this is a deal related to public opinion, Hallenberg refers to Biden’s possible desire to grab loose points in the public to increase his support.
Source: Expressen