The US State Department announced today, Monday, that talks with Russia on the release of American basketball player “Britney Greenner” and former US soldier Paul Willian were ongoing and some had taken place “in recent days.”
The US State Department spokesman, Nid Price, said today in statements reported by the “CNN” news channel, that these discussions “did not reach the point we want to be.
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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