In Russia, the trial of the Americans basketball player Britney Griner
The famous American basketball player Britney Griner appeared on Friday before the Khimki court of the Moscow region in the case of drug addiction accidents. Greiner can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
For the first share of sugar 31-year-old Griner toxicity in the deliberate importation of drugs into Russia. The athlete replied that she was translating the accusations. Judge professors hearing on July 7th.
Greiner, who was watching in Russia as well as the US Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. In her suitcase, according to the prosecution, there were several cartridges of hash oil for vapes.
Representatives of the US administration declare the unlawfulness of Greiner’s detention.
Greiner was taken in handcuffs to the Khimki City Court, located at Sheremetyevo Airport.
There are three representatives of the US Embassy in the trial, including Deputy Chief of Mission Elizabeth Rud. Greiner sat in the defendant’s dose with a pack of liver and a bottle of high water.
Greiner told a Reuters reporter that it is difficult for him to be in custody, as she does not speak Russian and cannot focus on her uniform, because only general strengthening applications, such as stretching, are allowed in the pre-trial detention center.
Lawyers for the basketball player have abandoned their defense strategy.
“She is rewriting a bit because he has a trial and sentencing soon. But she is a strong woman. I think she will cope,” said lawyer Alexander Boykov after the meeting.
According to Elisabeth Roode, Messages is working hard to get Greiner back to her homeland. “She promised to tell me that she was in a good mood and confident in herself.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, a commentator on the American athlete’s case, did not move on to the fact that Greiner’s persecution was politically motivated.
“I can only operate with known facts, and the facts indicate that the eminent athlete was detained with illegal drugs that contain narcotic substances. There are articles in Russian legislation providing for such cases, he told reporters. “Only a court can issue a verdict.”
Biden administration officials and many athletes suffering from Griner accidents. Greiner’s issuance of the release requires that Moscow can use the two-time Olympic champion to communicate the release of a certain Russian citizen who is in custody in the United States of America.
Greiner, a center team for the Phoenix Mercury, played for the Yekaterinburg team in the Women’s Basketball Premier League to earn during the WNBA off-season, as did several other American athletes.
Greiner and the Russian invasions of Ukraine.
Britney Griner’s wife, Sherell, told CNN on Thursday that she looks forward to meeting President Joe Biden, said: “I wish he could tell me that he cares.”
The US government warns citizens against coming to Russia because of the “possibility of expatriate Russian security personnel.”
To a large extent, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that “there is no higher priority duty” than the return home of Greiner and other Americans “illegally detained” in other countries.