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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with his Russian counterpart after the American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was detained for almost 10 months by Russia, urged the U.S. government to use “every tool possible” to secure Evan Gershkovi…
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He said he told her “I’m here to take you home” when they met in Abu Dhabi for the prisoner exchange.
Westerners in Russia have to weigh the risks of living and working in the country against professional and financial opportunities there.
Paul Whelan, a corporate security executive, was arrested at a Moscow hotel in December 2018. President Biden says his administration is still working on getting him released.
The U.S. basketball star, detained for more than eight months so far, is being transferred to an undisclosed prison in Russia, her lawyers said. The United States denounced the move.
The meeting was the first since the basketball star’s appeal on a drug conviction in Russia was rejected.
Facing nine years in prison in Russia, the U.S. basketball star is struggling emotionally and worried that a swap deal to release her may not materialize, according to one of her attorneys.
The fates of both Americans have been complicated by the deteriorating diplomatic relationship between the United States and Russia over President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The W.N.B.A. star had not intended to smuggle drugs into Russia, her legal team said, adding that, like many other international athletes, she had used cannabis to help ease pain from injuries.