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Editor steve rosenberg. in court today brittney griner said she made an honest mistake when she brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil into russia. she made a plea for leniency and that fell on deaf years, really, and thejudge found her guilty and sentenced her to nine years in a russian prison. her defence team says it will appeal. president biden said the sentence was unacceptable and said that brittney griner should be released immediately. question, might russia release her? after all, we know that america and russia have been talking about a possible prisoner swap that could involve brittney griner and also a former us marine, paul whelan, who is also injail in russia. washington says it has put a substantial proposal on the table. some reports suggest that in order to bring these two people home, america may be prepared to release the notorious arms trafficker viktor bout. he was sentenced to 25 years in an american jail one decade ago. ....
To make a deal with moscow and a tense relations between the two countries over russia s invasion of ukraine. the biden administration propose the prisoner swap with russia back in june to exchange britney griner and detain american businessman paul whelan for russian arms trafficker viktor bout. a u.s. official tells nbc news, russia has not responded substantively to that offer demanding that a russian spy jailed in germany for murder be added before they will agree to the exchange. we interpreted that the leaks about that, from the russian side, as just a bad faith attempt to avoid and crowd out and distract everybody, from what is an actually serious proposal that we made. and we made weeks ago, andrea. this isn t something that just popped up. we have been working on this for weeks. and we think this is a bad faith attempt by the russians, knowing that it s not a serious counter offer, just to cloud up the waters, make things money ....
Substantively to, a quote, serious offer that the u.s. in june for the arms trafficker viktor bout. this is a portrait of so-called justice in russia. here in america, there was another big update about justice for breonna taylor. we ll have more on that, next. save $500 on the sleep number 360 c4 smart bed queen now only $1,299. lowest price ever. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. ....
After something of a show trial with a pre-determined outcome. the basketball star had been detained in russia since february about, a week before russia invaded ukraine when vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage. now griner s hopes turn to international diplomacy. president biden released a statement today condemning russia s harsh sentence for brittney griner and reiterating his call for her release and that of another detainee paul whelan, the u.s. official tells nbc news that russia has not responded substantively to a quote serious offer that the u.s. made in june for a prisoner swap for the russian arms trafficker viktor bout but officials will keep pushing for her release. this is justice in russia. and another big update of justice for breonna taylor here in america. that is next. in america that is next and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, ....
To make a deal with moscow amid tense relations between the two countries over russia s invasion of ukraine. the biden administration proposed this prisoner swap with russia back in june to exchange britney griner and detain american businessman paul whelan for russian arms trafficker viktor bout. but a u.s. official tells nbc news, russia has not responded substantively to that offer demanding that a russian spy jailed in germany for murder be added before they will agree to the exchange. we interpreted that the leaks about that, from the russian side, as just a bad faith attempt to avoid and cloud out and distract everybody, from what is an actually serious proposal that we made. and we made weeks ago, andrea. this isn t something that just popped up. we have been working on this for weeks. and we think this is a bad faith attempt by the russians, knowing that it s not a serious counter offer, just to cloud up the waters, make things money and to avoid having to make ....