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Basketball star Brittney Griner has landed in the United States after 10 months in Russian detention following a prisoner swap involving arms dealer Viktor Bout, who flew home hours earlier … Continued
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The US has secured the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, a US official told CNN. She is now in the custody of US officials. The swap did not include another American that the State Department has declared wrongfully detailed, Paul Whelan. Both the families of Griner Whelan have been informed of her release, according …
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Washington and Moscow continue to discuss the release of US prisoners Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, the US Chargé d’Affaires in Russia told Russian state media Monday. “As we have already said, the United States has submitted a serious proposal for consideration. We worked on this proposal and offered alternatives. Unfortunately, no serious …
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday declined to comment on the decision of a Russian court to sentence WNBA star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on a drug smuggling conviction. When asked during a regular call with reporters if Russian President Vladimir Putin could pardon Griner, Peskov said: “There is a certain [legal] …
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The Kremlin has warned that US “megaphone diplomacy” will not help negotiations for a prisoner exchange regarding basketball star Brittney Griner. Moscow believes these talks should be “discrete,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. “Megaphone diplomacy and public exchange of positions will not lead to results here,” Peskov added. Amid this pressure and after months of …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he plans to soon speak to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for the first time since the war in Ukraine began, to discuss the … Continued
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