Russian Court Sentences Griner to 9 Years

[moistly]

Less time that some folk get for possession. Hardly seems fair that a death merchant is going to be traded to save her, when we have our own prisoners doing more time for lesser offences and no one bothers to save them.

[t-3]

The big question I've had from since I first heard about this is how did she get the cartridges to Russia in the first place? There's no way it's legal to bring them on a plane from the US.

[smoldesu]

I'd imagine the Olympic charter flights have a much different security policy from your local Delta Airlines. They're probably more focused on securing the athletes than scouring through their bags.

[mkgeorge7]

Is it worth trading Victor Boot for her?

[r721]

According to CNN sources Russian government officials requested adding Vadim Krasikov to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap ("Krasikov was convicted in December of murdering a former Chechen fighter, Zelimkhan "Tornike" Khangoshvili, in Berlin's Kleiner Tiergarten in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison.")

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/griner-whelan-ru...

[dijonman2]

She did break the law..

[Cupertino95014]

Is there any doubt that Putin is using her to humiliate Biden?