Brittney Griner

Russian President Vladimir Putin's top spokesman gave no indication Monday that WNBA star Brittney Griner will be released soon by Russian authorities who ...

Peskov said Griner was detained for breaking Russian laws on cannabis possession and no exceptions can be made for a foreign citizen.

Griner was detained by Russian authorities as she landed in Moscow in February after vape cartridges containing hashish oil were allegedly found in her luggage. However, according to an earlier Forbes report, the Biden administration is negotiating a possible prisoner swap with Russia involving Griner and convicted arms dealer Viktor Bout. If Griner’s case goes to trial and she is convicted, the basketball star could face up to 10 years in prison.

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed back on the U.S. State Department's position that WBNA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully ...

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'123 days. Bring Brittney home,' Mercury says of Griner, arrested in Russia on Feb. 17 and facing drug-related charges - Anadolu Agency.

Bring Brittney home." The WNBA team Phoenix Mercury called on the US government to bring their player Brittney Griner home from Russia as the 31-year-old remains in custody for drug-related charges. Phoenix Mercury call on US gov't to bring WNBA superstar Griner home from Russia

Brittney Griner, who is currently detained in Russia, and her wife Cherelle could not celebrate their fourth anniversary June 18 through a scheduled phone ...

"I was distraught. I was hurt. I was done, fed up," she told the publication.

By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG, The Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through the ...

Cherelle Griner said a contact in the U.S. government had apologized to her for the error. Russian state-run news agency Tass reported last week that her detention had been extended until July 3. Because that’s a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call.” That was to have changed Saturday, when a long-awaited call was to have finally taken place after getting Russian government approval. “I was distraught. But the day came and went without any contact, leaving an anguished Cherelle Griner to wonder what went wrong and to suspect at least initially that Russian authorities had thwarted the call.

Putin's top spokesman stated on Monday that WNBA star Brittney Griner has no release timetable after alleging hashish oil was in her luggage.

The offense could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison according to Russian law. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Keir Simmons, the spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, disputed the State Department’s position that Griner is a Russian hostage. The most recent extension leaves her behind Russian bars until at least July 2.

WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, 31, was arrested at Moscow airport on February 18 for allegedly bringing vape cartridges ...

Brittney Griner's wife Cherelle said their first phone call since the WNBA star's arrest four months ago didn't happen on Saturday because the...

My heart breaks into pieces every time I think of it — but it's nothing compared to the reality BG and her family are enduring." "Imagine the heartbreak," Lindsay Kagawa Colas, Griner's agent, said on Twitter later on Monday. "123 days w/out hearing her voice. Brittney Griner reportedly tried to call 11 times over a period of several hours without success. I was done, fed up,” Cherelle Griner told the AP. “I’m pretty sure I texted BG’s agent and was like: ’I don’t want to talk to anybody. I was hurt. “I was distraught.

Why it matters: The long-awaited phone call was scheduled for the couple's fourth wedding anniversary. The two haven't been able to talk since the WNBA star was ...

Because that's a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call," she said. I was done, fed up," Cherelle Griner told the Associated Press. The two haven't been able to talk since the WNBA star was arrested in February, Cherelle Griner said. I wasn’t well, I’m still not well," she said, per AP. If I can't trust you to catch a Saturday call outside of business hours, how can I trust you to actually be negotiating on my wife’s behalf to come home? I was hurt.

Brittney Griner, the WNBA star arrested in Russia this February for allegedly bringing drugs into the country, is not a hostage, a Kremlin spokesperson ...

The 31-year-old All-Star was arrested at a Moscow airport in mid-February for allegedly having cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage. “Why should we make an exemption for a foreign citizen?” Peskov said. “We can not call her a hostage,” Peskov told the outlet.

Dmitry Peskov – the press secretary for Russian President Vladimir Putin – told NBC this week he “would strongly disagree” with the US State Department's ...

After not speaking over the phone for four months while her detainment in Russia continues, Brittney Griner tried to celebrate her fourth anniversary with ...

Brittney Griner, a seven-time WNBA All-Star, has only been able to communicate with those close to her in the United States through emails and letters, so a phone call was set to be a special occasion. After not speaking over the phone for four months while her detainment in Russia continues, Brittney Griner tried to celebrate her fourth anniversary with wife Cherelle Griner via a phone call on June 18. Because that's a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call."

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) is introduced during the first half of game one of the 2021 WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky at Footprint Center.

but the call was apparently re-routed through a remote location that was unstaffed on Saturday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the State Department was working to arrange a new call but did not say when that would be. Cherelle Griner told The Associated Press on Monday that no call ever came.

A call between detained WNBA star Brittney Griner and her wife, Cherelle Griner, has been rescheduled, the US State Department said Tuesday, ...

"It was a logistical issue that was compounded in part by the fact that our embassy in Moscow is under significant restrictions in terms of its staffing," he said at a State Department briefing. "Each day is precious and not another should go by without the action required to bring BG home." My heart breaks into pieces every time I think of it - but it's nothing compared to the reality BG and her family are enduring," Brittney Griner's agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas tweeted Monday.

Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call wife Cherelle from Russia on anniversary, but it didn't go through because of "unfortunate mistake."

Russian state-run news agency Tass reported last week that her detention had been extended until at least July 2. The State Department and White House did not offer a date for the rescheduled call. “It was a mistake.

The Phoenix Mercury star was detained in February after authorities allegedly found vape cartridges containing hash oil in her luggage.

Cherelle told AP a U.S. government representative has since apologized to her. The basketball champion faces five to 10 years in prison if convicted. Because that's a much bigger ask than to catch a Saturday call." Customs officers searched the bag and allegedly found vape cartridges containing hash oil liquid. But Cherelle waited by the phone for hours, and the call never came through. In an interview with the outlet, Cherelle claims Brittney's lawyers said her wife called a number given to her at the U.S. embassy in Moscow nearly a dozen times over "several hours."