As WNBA star and two-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner approaches the three-month mark of her detention in Russia, she has no clear...
The Phoenix Mercury All-Star center’s pre-trial detention was extended at least another month at a Friday court hearing.
No trial date has been set. Courts in Russia routinely extend pre-trial detention, and suspects can spend years in jail awaiting trial. But it comes amid Moscow’s war in Ukraine that has brought U.S.-Russian relations to the lowest level since the Cold War. Also working on the case now is a center led by Bill Richardson, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who helped the release of multiple hostages and detainees, including Reed.
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