US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted after the court’s verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Russia sentences US basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 years in jail over drugs charges
- US President Joe Biden called the ruling ‘unacceptable’, as attention now turns to the high-stakes possibility of a prisoner swap
- Washington is said to be willing to exchange convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout, whose life helped inspire the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War
US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is escorted after the court’s verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
