Russia frees US basketball star in swap with ‘Merchant of Death arms dealer
Viktor Bout’s gun-running inspired the 2005 Hollywood film Lord of War US basketball star Brittney Griner has reportedly been exchanged for notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout in a prisoner swap agreement between the US and Russia. Griner was held at a Moscow airport in February for possessing cannabis oil and was last month sent to […]
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Brittney Griner: American basketball player found guilty in Russian drug trial
Griner’s defence branded the verdict ‘absolutely unreasonable’ Brittney Griner has been found guilty of drug possession and smuggling by a Russian court after vape canisters containing cannabis oil were found in her bags in February. She has been sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay a fine that totals around half a million […]
3 years ago