MOSCOW, Aug 21 Five-time National Basketball Association (NBA) champion Dennis Rodman announced that he plans to visit Russia in order to secure the release of American basketball player Brittney Griner, convicted of drug smuggling. In early August, the Khimki Court of the Moscow Region sentenced Griner to nine years in prison with a fine of one million rubles. The court found her guilty of smuggling and possessing hash oil. «I got permission to go to Russia to help this girl. I'll try to leave this week,» NBC quotes Rodman. called «a cool guy», noting that he does not mean politics. In February, Greiner, who arrived on a flight from New York, was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport. During the inspection, the Americans found «vapes» with a liquid with a specific smell in their hand luggage — the examination later determined that it was hash oil.
