Entrepreneur Victor Bout on the air of the program “There is a theme!” on the channel “” said that for the crime that the basketball player Britney Griner committed in Russia, in the United States, she could expect two or three life sentences.
Greiner was arrested in February 2022 while attempting to illegally import hash oil through Sheremetyevo Airport. On August 4, the Khimki City Court sentenced an American woman to 9 years in a penal colony in a drug trafficking case. In October, the Moscow Regional Court upheld the verdict. In addition to the prison sentence, the basketball player was punished with a fine of 1 million rubles. The 32-year-old athlete was serving his sentence in penal colony No. 2 in the village of Yavas. On December 8, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the exchange of a basketball player for Russian Viktor Bout.
“Did I know Greiner before I was released? Of course, for the United States, basketball is more than football and hockey in terms of fan numbers, there is a strong support group there. After his arrest, there was this information every day on the sports channels. This pressure played a role that the US government was forced to go and make this exchange.
The court found her guilty, so commenting on the court’s decision… It’s not for me to decide, in the sense that she is guilty or not. What about deadlines? Understand that in the United States, for the same crime or a lesser crime, two or three life sentences could be handed down.
I’m just trying to explain what to compare with what. We Russians might think that’s cruel punishment. But in America, it’s not like that. We found out she had a banned substance.
Do you know the drug problem in the United States? 140,000 people died there in one year, and it is difficult to quantify the damage caused by drugs to people and the economy. We have to fight seriously against drugs like marijuana. This is a serious problem. The American system has different terms, after them ours seems like an easy punishment. Or a person sat there for 30 to 40 years and then they were released because the jury agreed that they were being harassed by the police,” Bout said on the show “There is a subject! on the channel.
Source : MatchTV
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