Tag: russia

  • Brittney Griner was released from prison in Russia.

    Brittney Griner was released from prison in Russia.

    President Biden says WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. Biden said the day was one “we worked toward for a long time” “Safe. She’s flying. She’s returning home after months of unfair detention in Russia “Roosevelt Room, Biden remarked. Biden called Griner before making the announcement. She’s in excellent spirits but experiencing “trauma” and needs…

  • Latest news on Brittney Griner, a star in American basketball

    Latest news on Brittney Griner, a star in American basketball

    According to her attorneys, Brittney Griner, an American basketball player who is currently serving a nine-year sentence for drug smuggling, has been transferred from a prison facility outside of Moscow and will soon begin her time in a Russian correctional colony. The legal team representing Griner claims in a statement that they are unaware of…

  • Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence

    Russian court upholds Brittney Griner’s 9-year prison sentence

    Following a court case that a White House official termed a “sham,” a Russian court upheld Brittney Griner’s 9-year sentence to a Russian correctional colony on Tuesday. In February, Griner was detained in a Moscow airport after officials found cannabis oil and vape cartridges in her luggage. However, it took until March for news of…

  • Putin declares martial law in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine

    Putin declares martial law in illegally annexed regions of Ukraine

    He didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken under martial law. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and gave additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Russia. Putin didn’t immediately spell out the steps that would be taken…

  • A devastating bomb damages portions of the Crimea-Russian bridge, hurting Putin’s war effort.

    A devastating bomb damages portions of the Crimea-Russian bridge, hurting Putin’s war effort.

    Vladimir Putin has suffered a significant setback after a massive explosion seriously damaged the single bridge between the Crimean peninsula and the Russian mainland, cutting off a vital supply line for Moscow’s sputtering war in Ukraine. Images and video from the area showed that the bomb early on Saturday forced some of the Kerch Strait…

  • Zelenskyy denounces Elon Musk’s peace idea for Ukraine.

    Zelenskyy denounces Elon Musk’s peace idea for Ukraine.

    Elon Musk and Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine got into a Twitter argument after the tech magnate offered a contentious idea to end Russia’s invasion. The Tesla CEO stated in a tweet on Monday that in order to achieve peace, Russia should be allowed to maintain the Crimean Peninsula that it annexed in 2014. The Tesla…