American basketball player arrested in Russia Britney Greiner decided to turn to US President Joe Biden, using the advice of lawyers, she wants to draw as much attention as possible to her situation, said State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy.
Greiner, who was arrested for drug trafficking, asked the US leader in a letter for help to return to her homeland. In May, reports appeared in the media about a possible exchange of an athlete for a Russian businessman Viktor Bout convicted in the United States of illegal arms trafficking.
– The fact that she wrote a letter addressed to Biden is a hint from the lawyers in order to somehow draw attention to herself, given that our pilot Yaroshenko was recently traded, and the press says – let’s trade -la against Bout.
There are two completely different stories here – she was arrested on the territory of Russia, under surveillance cameras, following all procedural rules. As for Bout and Yaroshenko, the Americans have long used their legal standards outside their jurisdiction, robbing people. Not a bad idea – we just need to free our citizen. But it will not be quite adequate, because it raises great doubts that he (Bout) was arrested. And she has a very obvious story,” Lugovoy said on the show, “There is a theme! on MatchTV.
In the spring, Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, previously sentenced in the United States to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking, was exchanged for an American citizen.
Source : MatchTV
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