Two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner arrived at a court near Moscow for her trial on Friday. If convicted, she could face up to 10 years in prison.
— The two-time US Olympic basketball gold medalist Brittney Griner arrived at a court near Moscow on Friday where her trial is expected to start, after officials claimed she had cannabis oil in her luggage in February, a week before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Griner is currently being kept at a pre-trial detention center north of Moscow. Her detention has been extended for six months pending the trial’s outcome, according to her lawyer. No verdict is expected on the first day of her trial, which is taking place at the Khimki city court, outside the Russian capital. Charge d’Affaires of the US embassy Elizabeth Rood also arrived at court on Friday for Griner’s hearing.
Her detention, which has been repeatedly extended, has sparked a wave of support among dozens of organizations in the US that have joined Griner’s wife, Cherelle, in urging President Joe Biden to strike an exchange deal with Russian authorities to release Griner and bring her home safely as soon as possible.
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