The US State Department said on Monday that the United States had active discussions with Russia on the release of American basketball star “Britney Greena” and former American soldier Paul Willian, and some have been “in recent days. ”
These conversations “did not reach the stage we want to be,” US State Department spokesperson Nid Price said today, according to words carried by the “CNN” news network.
Price said that US authorities “did not consider about the judicial processes and different judicial steps because, as we stated, we believe that these measures were mostly humiliating” when it came to the potential of lessening Grener’s punishment at the appeal.
Last July, the Russian government made it clear that the American basketball star Britney Greener was seized and in possession of “electronic cigarette cartridges that contain hashish oil in its bags,” adding that she is “accused of smuggling a large amount of drugs”, a crime that could reach a punishment To 10 years in prison.
A Russian court sentenced the former US Navy soldier Paul Willian to 16 years of hard labour in 2020 on espionage-related offences.
The release of American individuals who are detained in Russia is discussed by the US State Department.
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