MOSCOW, Oct 25 The National Basketball Association (NBA) cannot help the American basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug smuggling, said NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. On Tuesday, the Moscow Regional Court upheld Griner's sentence of nine years in prison for smuggling hash oil and refused to commute the sentence. «We openly stated that we believe that «Greiner deserves to be released. Even though she was convicted of a minor crime, at the moment any punishment seems disproportionate. Of course, a pardon should be granted to anyone in her position, we had direct conversations with the White House, with the State Department. You heard how at the opening of the new season of the NBA, Stephen Curry spoke about her conclusion,» BasketNews quotes Silver. «Honestly, we are doing our best to continue to increase its credibility and to have direct conversations with the US government at all levels. This upsets everyone, it upsets her family very much, but I don’t know what else we can do at the moment,” the functionary added. In February, Greiner, who arrived on a flight from New York, was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport. found «vapes» with a liquid with a specific smell — the examination later found that it was hash oil. 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 storing hash oil. Greiner — one of the most titled basketball players in the world.She became a two-time Olympic champion and a two-time world champion as a member of the US team, and a WNBA champion in 2014 as a member of Phoenix. 2015.
