Photos: Brittney Griner's detention in Russia
Russian prosecutors have asked a court to sentence American basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison. Coverage of closing arguments here.
A judge in Russia has sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner on drug charges to nine years in prison.
Attention now turns to the prospect of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia that could get the WNBA star home.
Rodman, the former NBA champion, has made headlines in the past for his controversial meetings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.
WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her "absolute weakest moment in life right now," Griner's wife said in an interview aired Thursday.
"We do not have any information on her exact current location or her final destination," said attorneys Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov.
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Meanwhile, Joe Biden mainly wants to open a channel with Putin to get WNBA star Brittney Griner out of a Russian penal colony. Get the latest on both storylines here.
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said.
A closer look at how the deal to bring home Brittney Griner happened.
Hardly a day passed in 2022 when a headline running across the ticker on ESPN would've been every bit as fitting on CNN or Fox Business or, in some cases, on NBC's “Dateline."
The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan.
MOSCOW — Viktor Bout, a former Russian arms dealer who was released from prison in the U.S. in a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner in December, has unveiled an exhibition of his artworks at a Moscow gallery.