US State Department officials have met with officials from the WNBA team of basketball player Brittney Griner, who is incarcerated in Russia.
This was reported by the US news agency AP, citing the ministry. Accordingly, at the meeting, in addition to representatives of Phoenix Mercury Specialists from the Hostages and Illegally Detained Americans Unit were present. There was no information about the content or reasons for the meeting.
grinner has been in a Russian prison for almost four months. The two-time Olympic champion and star player of the WNBATeam 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.