MOSCOW, Apr 13 White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki speaks about the arrest American basketball player Brittney Griner at Sheremetyevo Airport. In March, Griner was detained at a Moscow airport and charged with drug smuggling. She faces up to ten years in prison.
"The history of relations between our countries may affect the ability to return US citizens home", — quotes the words of Psaki "BBC".
Earlier, a representative of the US State Department said that the institution was actively monitoring the situation around Greiner and demanded that she and other US citizens detained in Russia be given timely and permanent consular access.