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The WNBA star was sentenced to nine years in Russian prison after being convicted of smuggling drugs with criminal intent.

Russia's ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said early on Thursday he had visited Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow.

Bill Richardson said he recently travelled to Russia to conduct talks with officials close to Vladimir Putin

In her first interview since her wife, WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was

Griner, an eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

A Russian court has set a date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Biden administration should create a new position at the White House National Security Council to focus on cases of Americans  wrongfully detained in foreign countries

“No.” That was President Joe Biden’s response earlier this month when a reporter asked whether the Russian Federation should be added to the Department of State’s “sponsors of terrorism” list. Biden’s terse reply was disappointing, particularly when there is bipartisan support in Congress for adding Russia to the rolls of…

White House has offered to trade detained Russian arms dealer for WNBA star