After a Russian court convicted her of drug smuggling and sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony, Griner’s legal team appealed the verdict; now, a Russian court has set her appeal date for October 25
, in exchange for the release of Griner and Paul Whelan, another U.S. detainee in Russia. Per Blinken, the “substantial proposal” was backed by Biden and put forward in June, and the U.S. and Russia have “communicated repeatedly and directly” about it since. The Russian Foreign Ministry
the negotiations for the first time last week, with a spokesperson saying negotiations are “being conducted by competent authorities.” “I’m hopeful,” Biden said, following Russia’s public comments. “We’re working hard.”In August, a Russian court found Griner of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into the country, sentencing her to nine years in a penal colony and issuing a fine of roughly $16,300, according to Griner’s lawyers. Although the verdict was widely anticipated — per the, Russian courts tend to issue harsher sentences to high-profile foreigners and defendants are rarely acquitted — it arrived after both Griner and her team had appealed for leniency.
verdict “unacceptable” and calling on Russia “to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates.”
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