Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court to drugs charges that could see her face 10 years in prison; Update: SHE IS FREE

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Pretty much her only option as I understand it.
She'll get sentenced and have to sit until they work out some kind of exchange. Problem for her is I don't see U.S and Russia being on them type terms to negotiate until the Ukraine situation is resolved and who knows how many years that will be
 

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She is an idiot for doing a job. :what:

She was stupid for bringing weed into the country, though.

Russia is definitely taking advantage of this for politics, but the Biden admin doesn't seem to care that much.

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On Feb. 17, Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was taken into custody at Sheremetyevo International Airport
near Moscow after her arrival to play in the off-season with UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian women’s basketball team where Griner has been a star for the past seven years
 

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They probably ask for a prisoner exchange for Grigory Rodchenkov from the Icarus documentary. (Not a prisoner but in witness protection. He's the former drug guru for the Russian Olympic committee who defected)
 

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WNBA wasn’t paying her shyt, she had to make her money somewhere
I'm not saying she's dumb for playing there or whatever, as I don't know if she was aware of the war situation or if she had any means of being aware of it, but definitely if I'm a female player I'd sacrifice the money for my well being and live below my means going forward after seeing this situation. It's not worth it
 

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I'm not saying she's dumb for playing there or whatever, as I don't know if she was aware of the war situation or if she had any means of being aware of it, but definitely if I'm a female player I'd sacrifice the money for my well being and live below my means going forward after seeing this situation. It's not worth it

You have to have awareness, if I knew the country I'd be going to work in was about to bomb another country and my government is issuing warnings that I'd probably skip the upcoming season and stay home.
 

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She is an idiot for doing a job. :what:

She was stupid for bringing weed into the country, though.

Russia is definitely taking advantage of this for politics, but the Biden admin doesn't seem to care that much.

She's not the only US prisoner over there. What makes her more important than everyone else that she should get priority? Her coach is bytching saying that if it was Bron then he'd get priority, but Bron wouldn't have been stupid enough to break laws in another country.
 

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On Feb. 17, Griner, who plays for the Phoenix Mercury, was taken into custody at Sheremetyevo International Airport
near Moscow after her arrival to play in the off-season with UMMC Ekaterinburg, a Russian women’s basketball team where Griner has been a star for the past seven years
She was earning over $1 million in Russia. She had a job. If she doesn't get busted with weed, you don't say a word about this.

She's not the only US prisoner over there. What makes her more important than everyone else that she should get priority? Her coach is bytching saying that if it was Bron then he'd get priority, but Bron wouldn't have been stupid enough to break laws in another country.
Russia also made her important by increasing the visibility of her arrest too.
 
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