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Basketball star Brittney Griner returns to US after prisoner exchange with Russia \
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Basketball star Brittney Griner returns to US after prisoner exchange with Russia

 10-Dec-2022
Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport nine months ago. She was accused of possession of vape cartridges with a small quantity of cannabis oil and sentenced in August to nine years in prison. Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death" was detained Thailand in 2008, extradited to the United States, and sentenced in 2012 to 25 years behind bars.
10-Dec-2022 World
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Antony Blinken hails release of Brittney Griner, says US continues to work ‘relentlessly’ to bring Paul Whelan home \
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Antony Blinken hails release of Brittney Griner, says US continues to work ‘relentlessly’ to bring Paul Whelan home

 09-Dec-2022
Blinken said that Cherelle Griner spoke to her wife Brittney and stressed that listening to them connect for the first time after the basketball player's release "was as moving as it was unforgettable."
09-Dec-2022 World
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US Basketball player Brittney Griner moved to Russian penal colony, legal team says \
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US Basketball player Brittney Griner moved to Russian penal colony, legal team says

 10-Nov-2022
US basketball star Brittney Griner is being transferred to a Russian penal colony to serve the remainder of her sentence
10-Nov-2022 World
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Breezy Explainer: What do detainees like Brittney Griner face while behind bars in a foreign country? \
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Breezy Explainer: What do detainees like Brittney Griner face while behind bars in a foreign country?

 20-Sep-2022
20-Sep-2022 World
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President Biden will meet with Brittney Griner’s wife at the White House \
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President Biden will meet with Brittney Griner’s wife at the White House

 16-Sep-2022
16-Sep-2022 World
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WNBA star Brittney Griner’s legal team appeals against her drug sentence \
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WNBA star Brittney Griner’s legal team appeals against her drug sentence

 29-Aug-2022
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US on prisoner swap: Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained, should be released immediately \
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US on prisoner swap: Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained, should be released immediately

 16-Aug-2022
Washington [US], August 16 (ANI): The US on Monday condemned the imprisonment of Olympic gold medalist and popular American women's basketball player Brittney Griner sentence who was sentenced to nine years in jail by Russia last week.
16-Aug-2022 World
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Talks on prisoner swap with Russia ongoing at various levels \
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Talks on prisoner swap with Russia ongoing at various levels

 05-Aug-2022
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The negotiations on a potential prisoner swap with Russia for Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner are being held at various levels, National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said on Thursday.
05-Aug-2022 World
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US basketball player Brittney Griner sentence in Russia ‘unacceptable’: Biden \
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US basketball player Brittney Griner sentence in Russia ‘unacceptable’: Biden

 04-Aug-2022
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday called a Russian court's decision to sentence US women's basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on drug charges as "unacceptable" and called for the immediate release of the athlete.
04-Aug-2022 World
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Brittney Griner pleads guilty to Russian drugs charge \
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Brittney Griner pleads guilty to Russian drugs charge

 08-Jul-2022
Brittney Griner, the US basketball legend has pleaded guilty to drug charges in a Russian court but has denied breaking the law deliberately.  The discovery of cannabis oil vape cartridges in the Olympic Gold medalist’s luggage led to her detention at an airport near Moscow in February.  “I was in a rush packing and the […]
08-Jul-2022 World
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