Brittney Griner Finally Allowed Visit with U.S. Diplomats in Russia
ESPN reports. The officer “found her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances,” Price said.Price had said Tuesday that Russian authorities had denied three requests for U.S.
diplomats to meet with Griner and that the denial was “unacceptable.” A consular official had spoken with Griner last week “on the margins of her court proceedings,” Price said then, adding that “sporadic contact is not satisfactory.” A representative of the U.S.
Embassy had also seen her in March.Griner, center for the Phoenix Mercury, was taken into custody in February at the Sheremetyevo airport near Moscow after a search of her luggage revealed she had vape cartridges containing hashish oil.
Possession of hashish oil is illegal in Russia. If she is convicted of possession, she could be sentenced to up to 10 years in a Russian prison.
