A Russian court upheld a nine-year sentence for a female athlete. She had a small amount of cannabis oil in her luggage.
A video link allowed her to watch the proceedings from the Aupair center where she is being held.
She will be sent to a colony to serve the rest of her sentence.
Britney has made it clear that she never intended to break Russian laws. The original sentence she was given was extreme even for the Russian legal system. This is further proof that she is a hostage.
There is a resignation that happens.
According to reports, the Russian government hasn't responded to the United State's offer for her release. According to early reports, the U.S. was willing to trade imprisoned arms dealer Viktor Bout for two Americans, including a journalist.
The former governor of New Mexico called the judicial process of the imprisoned Americans shambolic in a press conference. He was cautiously optimistic that the U.S. would be able to bring the two men home before the end of the year. Let's hope he has a good day.
This is a competition. It would be easy for Putin to like the idea of keeping an American women's basketball star, one who has a wife and defies traditional gender expectations.
Biden has been called upon to do more. The NBA players called for their sister to be released as they used the occasion of her birthday to speak about her.
Breanna Stewart is in support of the basketball player.
There are going to be a lot of milestones without freedom. Her birthday might be Thanksgiving or Christmas. The Russian government has been reported to be hard to negotiate with. Last week, the New York Times wrote that Griner was losing hope.
A new survey shows how complicated this issue is. Traveling abroad means being subject to the laws of other nations. The executive director of the center for sports media is me.
A majority of people said that she was being used as a political pawn, despite the fact that people were evenly split on whether or not she was imprisoned fairly. 45 percent of sports fans said the U.S. had done enough to get the basketball player released, with 33 percent saying it hadn't and 22 percent saying they didn't know.
There are two things that can be true. The U.S. government can be trying to have her freed. The failure of the American diplomacy may be the point for Russia. International relations are a Gordian Knot.
There was an interesting response to the question. A plurality of people said that there should be a list of restricted countries. Only 28 percent of the general population had an opinion.
That becomes more of a problem in women's sports. When tennis player Peng Shuai accused a former Chinese official of harassment, she was put under house arrest. Protesters celebrated Elnaz Rekabi for competing in South Korea without a hijab.
Iran has been roiled by protest in recent weeks as women protested the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police for wearing clothes. Rekabi later said that the lack of a hijab was not intentional.
The events show that women in sports are not as free as men in sports. Women who play sports can enjoy the same cultural and religious restrictions as men.
Would an NBA player be treated the same in Russia as he is in the US? Governments have recently shown themselves to be more willing to enforce their rules against women than men.
Is this fair to the young man? It's absolutely not.
She reminds us that rules can be enforced in a way that punishes people. To remind people who have control.
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