Russian court upholds Brittney Griner's drug smuggling conviction
A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal.
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A Russian court has upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal.
Griner’s February arrest came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington, just days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine.
A Russian court on Tuesday denied American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
A Russian court on Tuesday denied American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
The Moscow region court also ruled that Brittney Griner’s sentence will be recalculated to around eight years in prison, after taking her time in pre-trial detention into account.