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At Monday's closed-door preliminary hearing at the court in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, Griner's detention was extended for another six months. Photos obtained by the Associated Press showed the 31-year-old in handcuffs and looking straight ahead, unlike a previous court appearance where she kept her head down and covered with a hood.

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The nine-year sentence was close to the maximum of 10 years that Griner had faced under the charges. Most Russians possessing small quantities of drugs get at most five years in prison, lawyers said.

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Now that Brittney Griner is finally home following nearly one year in Russian custody, her wife is thanking the people who made her return possible.. This weekend, Cherelle Griner shared her first.

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Ms. Griner's lawyers said on Thursday that the American basketball star was transferred to the IK-2 female penal colony in the small town of Yavas, about 300 miles southeast of Moscow. According.

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Newly released photos offer a glimpse into the grim conditions Brittney Griner faced for 10 months inside a Russian women's prison. The images, distributed by Russian News Agency TASS, expose.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner has been released from Russian detention, President Joe Biden said Thursday.. Griner was released in a prisoner swap that involved Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.The.

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WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American basketball star imprisoned in Russia on drug charges, was released on Thursday after nearly 10 months of captivity in a prisoner swap for Viktor Bout.

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On December 8, 2022, Russia and the United States conducted a prisoner exchange, trading Brittney Griner, an American basketball player, for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer.Griner, a WNBA champion star and Team USA Olympic athlete, had been convicted of smuggling and possession of cannabis in Russia earlier in 2022 and sentenced to nine years in prison.

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Griner has been detained in Russia on drug charges since Feb. 17. WNBA star Brittney Griner, who has been detained in Russia for over five months, was found guilty on drug charges in a Moscow-area.

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Dec. 17, 2022. Brittney Griner, a W.N.B.A. star and two-time Olympic gold medalist who had been detained in Russia since February on drug charges, was released from custody on Dec. 8 in a prisoner.

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FILE - Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) shoots during the first half of Game 1 of the WNBA basketball Finals against the Chicago Sky, on Oct. 10, 2021, in Phoenix. Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner returns to a Russian court Thursday July 7, 2022, as calls increase for Washington to do more to secure her release.

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The photos of Griner on Monday from AP and AFP are the first of the American since May 13 when she appeared in another Russian court hearing. The new footage of Griner comes amid widespread.

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WNBA star Brittney Griner was released Thursday after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer Viktor Bout, according to a senior.

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CNN —. American women's basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted of deliberately smuggling drugs into Russia and sentenced to nine years of jail time Thursday in a case that has raised.

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Brittney Griner is headed home after 294 days in Russian detention. Russia freed the WNBA star Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms.

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At Monday's closed-door preliminary hearing at the court in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, Griner's detention was extended for another six months. Photos obtained by the Associated Press showed.