he s an internet sensation in bangladesh for singing out of tune, but we ll find out why this crooner failed to strike a chord with the police. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the united states with the case of us basketball player, brittney griner, who has been sentenced to nine years injail by a court in russia. the court found her guilty of possessing and smuggling drugs. president biden said washington would use all means possible to guarantee her release, and added that her sentencing is unacceptable. the two time olympic gold medallist admitted to possessing cannabis oil when she was detained in february. here s our russia 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 def
remember, she has been in prison for nearly six months. most people didn t start talking about her case until a month ago. so it is telling us something about the fact that this two time olympian could be held like this and so few people rally knew anything about it. in fact, when a meeting was set up between brittney and herwife, no one in the state department bothered to say that the telephone meeting was unlikely to happen when they expected it to because nobody was in the office on that day. the disregard, actually, is profound and disturbing. fortunately i think the efforts to lobby on her behalf have created a moment of accountability from the white house. why do you think, and just even a cursory view for anyone who has a look at brittney griner will realise what a star studded career she has had within the wnba and also she played in ekaterinburg in russia where she is now. why do you think there wasn t that attention to her case until now?
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