sport.Fr/Other. Gazeta.ru reports a possible exchange of American basketball player Brittney Griner, detained in Russia for transporting hash oil, against Russian businessman Viktor Bout, accused of illegal arms trafficking.
At the moment, the star of “Phoenix Mercury” and Yekaterinburg UMMC is being held in one of the remand centers of the Moscow region, FSIN employees have already negotiated with the basketball player about his possible exchange for Bout. This decision is said to be “among the possible” and “highly probable”.
Recall that an American was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport in February 2022 for trying to transport electronic cigarettes with hash oil. In Russia, Greiner can receive up to 10 years in prison.
Bout was arrested in March 2008 in Thailand and extradited to the United States. The Russian was found guilty of conspiring to sell weapons to the “Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia”, a designated terrorist organization in America. Bout himself pleaded not guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Source: Sport
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