The prisoner exchange that swapped Griner out of Russia in return for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout’s release from a U.S. prison shows there are still open channels for diplomacy between the two co…
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Allegations carrying cannabis oil at the moscow airport is safe and getting access to her legal team in russia. trying everything we can, every angle. working through with her legal representation. her agent. elected leaders. the administration. reporter: griner able to see her represent niv russia twice a week and able to receive letters and correspondence sources tell cnn. but vladimir putin s war in ukraine could dash any hopes for a speedy release. he s not grog to release anyone he has in custody. going to try to use it as he has been probably behind the scenes all along as the bargaining chip to get something from us. reporter: little the u.s. government can do now. limited leverage over russia for obvious reasons right now given the political situation. reporter: one former u.s. officials believes putin has strong motivation to keep holding griner. the fact she s a u.s. olympic gold medalist. remember, seized in february right after the olympics when
Reasons right now given the political situation. reporter: one former u.s. official believes putin has strong motivation to keep holding griner. the fact that she s a u.s. olympic gold medalist. remember, she was seized in february right after the olympics when russia was roundly embarrassed yet again for doping of its olympic athletes. and so this might be also a way of getting revenge at the u.s. olympic committee. reporter: another american held in russia, trevor reed, on tuesday had a court appearance by video, where his appeal was kicked back to a lower court. his parents are worried he may have tuberculosis. he looks terrible in that shot that they had on the weet and we re really concerned because he really looks thin. reporter: u.s. officials openly concerned about reed s health. we do believe that he needs urgent treatment to prevent any further deterioration in his medical condition. reporter: reed was sentenced to nine years for allegedly endangering the lives