Megan Rapinoe, an American soccer player, asked President Joe Biden to take more action to get the release of a Russian girl.
Rapinoe received the highest civilian honor in the US, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, during a ceremony at the White House.
At the White House ceremony, Rapinoe wore a white suit with his initials on it.
She told ABC News in July that she knew the administration was working hard to get her home. I believe we can always do more.
When she was traveling through Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, officials accused her of having marijuana in her luggage.
She spent the off-season in the Russian professional women's team where she plays in the NBA.
Relations between the United States and other Western countries have been badly damaged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
He was sentenced to nine years in a Russian jail.
According to a CNN report from late July, the Biden administration wanted to swap a convicted Russian arms dealer for the release of a Marine who was arrested in the country and accused of espionage, as well as securing the release of another convicted Russian arms dealer.
Whelan was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison.
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