WASHINGTON, Jul 5 American human rights activist Al Sharpton asks the Biden administration to help organize his visit to basketball player Britney Griner, who was arrested in Russia, the human rights organization National Action Network (NAN) headed by him said. Greiner has been in custody in Russia for five months, she is accused of drug smuggling. In February, Griner, who arrived on a flight from New York, was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport. Inspection of hand luggage revealed that the American woman had «vapes» with a liquid with a specific smell. An examination determined that the liquid was hashish oil. A criminal case was initiated on drug smuggling, she was arrested. The sanction of the article provides for from five to 10 years in prison. The day before it was reported that a woman wrote a letter to the President of the United States, in which she admitted that she was afraid of the prospect of forever remaining in a Russian prison, and asked to make every effort to return her to the States. «Today I I urge President Biden and Secretary Blinken that I and other clergymen can come to Russia immediately so that we can pray for her in prison,» the NAN said in a statement. The human rights activist stressed that «she deserves to see the US do something for her.» «The Britney family also deserves to learn something from those who met and spoke with her,» the human rights activist said, expressing hope that «the president will hear her requests to return home.» On July 1, a hearing on Greiner's case was held in the Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region. The athlete's lawyer, Maria Blagovolina, told him that Greiner had no complaints about the place and conditions of detention in the pre-trial detention center. The next meeting, at which the interrogation of witnesses in the case will take place, is scheduled for July 7.
