KHIMKI, 4 Aug. The prosecutor on Thursday requested 9.5 years in prison for American basketball player Brittney Griner, accused of smuggling hash oil, a correspondent from the Khimki courtroom reports. freedom with serving a sentence in a penal colony with a fine of one million rubles", the state prosecutor said in his speech.
Greiner pleaded guilty in court, but stressed that she had no intention to commit a crime, but she packed her bag in a hurry. During the consideration of the case, it became known that a doctor from Arizona prescribed marijuana instead of traditional painkillers due to the side effects of the latter. According to American media, the United States offers Russia to exchange Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout, but Moscow allegedly requested another prisoner. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, against the backdrop of reports from various publications in this regard, called on his American counterpart Anthony Blinken to «quiet diplomacy» rather than public discussion.