Tag: Griner, Brittney
Griner’s Sentence Renews Pressure on President Biden
WASHINGTON — Immediately after a Moscow judge handed down Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence on Thursday, calls grew…
Brittney Griner’s Tearful WNBA Teammates Play On After Her Conviction
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Phoenix Mercury Coach Vanessa Nygaard and her coaching staff stood in the empty Mohegan Sun…
U.S. Offer to Swap Russian Arms Dealer for Griner Highlights Uncomfortable Choices
For their families as well, the choice looks different than for geopolitical figures worried about the precedent. “It’s…
Viktor Bout Could Be Swapped for Brittney Griner. Who Is He?
Shortly after his conviction in 2011 on charges including conspiring to kill American citizens, the Russian arms dealer…
U.S. Offers to Swap Russian Arms Dealer, Viktor Bout, for Griner and Whelan
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has offered to free the imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to secure…
NBA Campaign to Free Brittney Griner Is Mostly Low Key
The N.B.A. is a $10 billion corporation that has the power and reach to promote not just its…
Griner Case Draws Attention to ‘Wrongful Detentions’
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner. Austin Tice. The Citgo 6. And now, potentially, three American military veterans who were…
Glimpses of Brittney Griner Show a Complicated Path to Release
One hundred forty-one days.That is how long Brittney Griner has been behind bars in Russia. That is how…
Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Russian Court
Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian courtroom on Thursday, as the wrangling over the…
Biden Speaks to Brittney Griner’s Wife, Cherelle, About Russia
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Wednesday with Cherelle Griner, the wife of the W.N.B.A.…
Brittney Griner to Biden: ‘I’m Terrified I Might Be Here Forever.’
Brittney Griner, the W.N.B.A. star who has been detained in Russia on drug charges since February, sent a…
Russia Hints at Linking Griner’s Case to Fate of ‘Merchant of Death’
WASHINGTON — She is an American professional basketball star, accused of carrying hashish oil in her luggage.He is…