“While I’m here in one prison Russian, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey or any result, I am terrified of staying here forever. We read that in the letter of appeal to the President of the United States Joe Biden by representatives of brittney grinner, 31, American women’s basketball star, jailed in a Russian jail since February after being found in possession of cannabis oil. In the letter, Griner appealed to US President Joe Biden to help her get out of prison and asked “not to forget me and the other American inmates.” The 31-year-old, winner of two gold medals at the Olympics with the US national team jersey (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and 2012 Ncaa champions with the Baylor university, is on trial in Russia after being arrested on February 17 on suspicion of possession of cannabis oil. The trial will continue on Thursday. The American basketball star faces up to 10 years in prison. Less than 1% of accused he is acquitted in Russian criminal cases and, unlike US courts, acquittals can be overturned.
“While I’m here in a Russian prison, alone with my parents throughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olympic jersey or any accomplishment, I am terrified to remain here forever,” read a passage from Griner’s letter to Biden. “That July 4th – Griner writes in the letter – our family typically honors the service of those who fought for our freedom, including my father, who is a Vietnam War veteran. It hurts to think of how I usually celebrate this day because freedom means something very different to me this year.” The White House National Security Council confirmed that he received the Letter by Griner. “We believe the Russian Federation is wrongly holding Brittney Griner,” the NSC spokesman said. Adrian watson. President Biden has made it clear that all US citizens held hostage or wrongly imprisoned abroad, including Brittney Griner, must be released. The US government continues to work aggressively — by any means available — to bring them home,” the spokeswoman added. National Security Council.
In the letter, Griner asked Biden to use his powers to bring her back to America. “Please do everything you can to bring us home. I voted in 2020 for the first time and I voted for her. I have trust in her. I still have so much to do with my freedom that you can help me get it back. I miss my wife! I miss my family! I miss my teammates! It kills me knows that they are suffering. I am grateful for anything you can do now to bring me home. Griner did it communication sporadically with family, friends, and WNBA players via an email account created by his agent. The e-mails are printed out and delivered to Griner by his lawyer after being checked by Russian officials. The player couldn’t call his wife on his day anniversary due to an “unfortunate error,” according to Biden administration officials.