On these Christmas dates, brittney griner urged citizens to send messages of encouragement. Paul WhelanA businessman and former US sailor has been held in a Russian prison since 2018 on felony charges of espionage. grinning He knows his difficulties better than anyone. Whelan. Like him, he was transformed by the regime. putin turned into a pawn exchanged with the world’s biggest arms dealer, Victor Match. In this way, thanks to these wartime practices, he regained the freedom he had lost for 10 months since his arrest at Moscow airport on charges of drug possession and smuggling. All for the two cannabis oil vaporizers he carries in his suitcase with a prescription in the USA. Marijuana is illegal in Russia.
grinning32, arguably the best basketball player in the world, LeBron James wave Stephen Curry of the WNBA. A black athlete, standing 2.06 and 51, very involved in the LGTBI case. She won Olympic gold twice, she. She has become the champion of the American professional league. She is also from the varsity league. She won the highest individual awards. She is a six-time All-Star and can dunk into the hoop, which is hard to see in women’s basketball, she. Nike also made her the first openly lesbian athlete it sponsored.
Just because he’s at the top of his sport doesn’t mean he’s rich. your contract with phoenix mercury It’s enough to live on, but many players choose to play in other leagues in the winter and were paying very well in Russia before the war. Griner returned there on February 17, just a week before the cynical ‘special operation’ broke out in Ukraine, just a week before he was arrested and transferred to a prison 70 kilometers from Moscow. Joe Biden He demanded his immediate release, but Putin had other plans.
on the public agenda
By August, Griner had largely disappeared from the public eye. He could only talk to his lawyer. And when it reappeared, it was during a trial with some crap packaging. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison, but the next day the Russian Foreign Minister had already put the idea of a prisoner exchange on the table. Biden wanted to involve Whelan, and Putin responded by transferring Griner to a kind of concentration camp to force negotiation. Whelan lost and Griner was released on December 8.
During his inferno, his girlfriend, Cherelle Watson, ensured that his case did not disappear from the news agenda. It exerted indescribable pressure on the US administration and had an echo. The WNBA showed off the BG letters (initials) and the number 42, which it wore in every game last season. In the NBA Finals, Celtics and Warriors players warmed up in a jersey with their names on it. LeBron James and other athletes urged Biden to take action. Hillary Clinton too.
After a few days at a Texas medical center to assess his physical and mental condition, Griner said he wanted to play for Phoenix again. Meanwhile, he said he wanted to thank everyone who pushed for his release in all areas. ‘Cause now I understand too Whelan.