White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre during a press briefing informed on the intention of the American authorities to insist on their offer to exchange a basketball player detained in Russia Britney Griner .
We want to see Brittney Griner at home. She was illegally detained. We have said that very clearly. We made a serious offer. [России]. And we want to talk about it in good faith, we want to make sure we do it as soon as possible,” she said.
Earlier, US media reported, citing a source in US President Joe Biden’s administration, that he supported plans to swap Russian Viktor Bout, who is serving a prison sentence in the US, for American citizens Greiner and Paul Whelan, who was sentenced in Russia to 16 years in prison for espionage.
On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the head of the department Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, at the initiative of the US side, had a telephone conversation and discussed, among other things, the exchange of prisoners, including Greiner.
Greiner was arrested on suspicion of attempting to illegally import hash oil through Sheremetyevo airport in February, and a criminal case was opened for drug trafficking. Greiner faces a prison term of 5 to 10 years.
Source : MatchTV
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