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Griner freed: WNBA star swapped for Russian, heads home
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — American basketball star Brittney Griner headed home Thursday night, freed from Russian prison in exchange for the U.S. releasing notorious Russian...
EXPLAINER: What Griner may endure in Russian penal system
LONDON ((DailyNews)) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a remote Russian penal colony that human...
Griner has begun serving sentence in Russian penal colony
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony, her lawyers and...
Biden hopes Putin will negotiate WNBA star Griner’s release
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin will be more willing to negotiate the release of...
Kremlin: Any talks about Griner swap must be confidential
MOSCOW ((DailyNews)) — The Kremlin on Wednesday kept the door open for talks on a possible swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner...
Russian court rejects Griner appeal of her 9-year sentence
MOSCOW ((DailyNews)) — A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner of her nine-year prison sentence for drug...
Brittney Griner at ‘weakest moment’ in Russia, her wife says
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” as she faces a hearing in Russia...
Griner, Whelan families to meet Biden amid US-Russia talks
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and...
Ukrainian military says it repelled more than dozen attacks
KYIV, Ukraine ((DailyNews)) — The Ukrainian military said Monday that it had repelled more than a dozen Russian attacks in the country’s east and...
WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
MOSCOW ((DailyNews)) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian...