Athletistic/Basketball. Captain of the basketball club UMMC (Yekaterinburg) Evgenia Belyakova commented on the detention and continued imprisonment of American Brittney Griner, who during the off-season in the women’s NBA plays for UMMC.
“Unfortunately, many foreigners playing in Russian basketball clubs do not know our laws. I am sure that Greiner did not seek to break the law. I explain what happened only by a combination of circumstances” , Belyakova said.
Brittney Greiner, 31, was sentenced to 9 years in a penal colony with a fine of 1 million rubles for drug trafficking. In February 2022, the basketball player was arrested at Sheremetyevo airport; vapes containing hash oil were found in his belongings.
Source: Sport
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