WNBA player Brittney Griner is concerned after living in a Russian prison for nine months that she may have to serve the entirety of a nine-year sentence, and that the Biden administration may not be able to negotiate her early release.
Griner and her family have been optimistic after the Biden administration floated several release options, including prisoner swaps, to Russia which have been unsuccessful. Biden met with Griner’s wife Cherelle on September 16 to assure her that Griner and other detainees “are at front of mind,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the time.
“I want to thank President Biden for today’s meeting. It was an honor to speak with him directly about the Brittney we know and love, and to thank him for the Administration’s efforts to secure her release,” Cherelle said after the meeting. “I’ve felt every minute of the grueling seven months without her. I look forward to the day my wife is back home.”
“She is not yet absolutely convinced that America will be able to take her home,” Boykov said. “She is very worried about what the price of that [a prisoner exchange] will be, and she is afraid that she will have to serve the whole sentence here in Russia.”“Mr. Boykov said that the uncertainty over which type of prison Ms.
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