2022-11-28T05:49:29Z
The United States and Russia continue to discuss the release of basketball star Brittney Griner and ex-marine Paul Whelan through special channels, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday, citing Elizabeth Rood, Chargé d’affaires of the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
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U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants’ cage during the reading of the court’s verdict in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File Photo
Elizabeth Rood, the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, speaks to the members of the media after leaving the court hearing of U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, in Khimki outside Moscow, Russia July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
