#griner — Public Fediverse posts

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/25080
⚠️🇺🇸Prisoner swap leads to global terrorism: Russia is reportedly selling weapons to Yemeni Houthis with the involvement of Viktor Bout, a notorious arms dealer who was previously convicted in the U.S. then released in a prison swap for Brittney Griner. The first shipments, consisting mostly of AK-74 (PHOTO and more) #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #WNBA #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar
#Griner #10yrInvasionofUkraine #Mastodon

Viktor #Bout, the Russian arms dealer known as the “Merchant of Death,” walked out of a #US jail almost two years ago in a trade with #Moscow for U.S. basketball star Brittney #Griner. Now he is back in business, trying to broker the sale of small arms to #Yemen’s #Iran-backed #Houthi militants.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-the-arms-business-this-time-selling-to-the-houthis-10b7f521

#Ukraine #Russia

Brittney Griner Honored To Be Wearing A USA Basketball Jersey Again After Time In Russian Prison #basketball #Britney_Griner #Brittney #Drug_Possession_And_Smuggling #Griner #Honored #Honoured #Jersey #Nine_Years_Jail #Prison #Russian #Russian_Prision #sports #Time #...
https://news.vebnox.com/brittney-griner-honored-to-be-wearing-a-usa-basketball-jersey-again-after-time-in-russian-prison/?feed_id=5437&_unique_id=669f82be97698&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=venukarnati1&utm_campaign=FS%20Poster

Taurasi... Griner...anyone other WNBA players wanna flag themselves as weak sauce haters?

Clark is doing nothing but making a very mediocre league more enticing & watchable & that means more viewers, ergo more money.

I originally thought this ridiculousness was orchestrated to generate controversy & views but it's been made clear: These women just wanna tear clark down.

"Brittney Griner Sent Caitlin Clark A Warning Before Her WNBA Debut"
https://thespun.com/wnba/brittney-griner-sent-caitlin-clark-a-warning-before-her-wnba-debut

#wnba #clark #griner #taurasi

How $50 for Ukraine led to desperate battle to free LA ballerina held in Russia

Amateur ballerina #Ksenia #Karelina, an American and Russian dual citizen who celebrated the new year with a trip to Istanbul with her partner Chris van Heerden, a South African professional boxer, before heading to Russia to visit family, was 🔸arrested and detained by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on 28 January🔸 in her hometown of Yekaterinburg, about 1,100 miles east of Moscow.
Karelina may be the latest victim in a chess match over detainees between the US and Russia, which dates back more than 15 years when, in 2008, the US Drug Enforcement Administration arrested #Viktor #Bout, a former Soviet military officer and translator, on conspiracy charges. Bout was eventually traded in 2022 for the WNBA champion #Brittney #Griner, who Russian officials had arrested for possessing vaporizer cartridges containing less than a gram of hash oil.

In March last year, Russian officials arrested the Wall Street Journal reporter #Evan #Gershkovich in the same place as Karelina, Yekaterinburg. Gershkovich and the ex-US marine #Paul #Whelan, arrested in 2018, are being held on bogus espionage charges, according to the US government.

In January, Moscow also arrested the English teacher #Robert #Woodland #Romanov, a dual US-Russian citizen, on drug charges.

And now Karelina.
Van Heerden is desperate to raise awareness and money for his partner’s legal defense and return.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/09/los-angeles-ballerina-russia-treason-charges?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#Griner Urges Biden To Bring Home Reporter #Gershkovich

https://www.rferl.org/a/griner-urges-biden-reporter-gershkovich-russia-spying/32345916.html

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Brittney Griner Takes 32 Percent Pay Cut to Return to WNBA https://jezebel.com/brittney-griner-takes-32-percent-pay-cut-to-return-to-w-1850145984 #Jezebel #women27snationalbasketballassociation #mcdonald27shighschoolallamericans #sportsintheunitedstates #summerolympicgames #ramonashelburne #brittneygriner #breannastewart #connecticutsun #candaceparker #brionnajones #sportspeople #dianataurasi #basketball #shelburne #griner #sports #thenba #nba

🤔 ✊🏾 . This makes me so happy.

Brittney #Griner's Inspiring Reemergence
The eight-time #WNBA all-star will return to play her 10th season with Phoenix.

https://www.theroot.com/brittney-griners-inspiring-reemergence-1850139508?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=theroot

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Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for Paul Whelan - Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless. #Griner #npr

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/23/1145167319/brittney-griner-asks-supporters-to-advocate-for-paul-whelan

Brittney Griner Urges Supporters To Write Letters To Paul Whelan In Russian Prison - Following her own release from captivity, the WNBA star asked her Instagram followers to send notes to Whelan, who remains incarcerated. #Griner #huffpost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brittney-griner-paul-whelan-letters-russia-prison_n_63a3548de4b033ea8cc53c11

Headlines for December 13, 2022 - G7 Leaders Pledge More Aid to Ukraine as Zelensky Appeals for Weapons and Fuel, Viktor Bout Joins Russian Ultranationalist Party; Brittney Griner Resumes Playing Basketball, Disgraced Cryptocurrency Executive Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas, Iranian Protester Publicly Hanged from Crane After Secretive Trial, Attack on Kabul Hotel Kills 3; Taliban Resumes Public... #Ukraine #Griner #Nevada #democracynow

http://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/13/headlines

Headlines for December 9, 2022 - Brittney Griner Lands in Texas After Prisoner Swap for Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout, Congress Passes Landmark Bill Protecting Marriage Equality, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Leaves Democratic Party to Register as an Independent, Whistleblower Describes Campaign by Far-Right Groups to Infiltrate Supreme Court, House Votes Overwhelmingly to Approve $858 Billion Military Spending... #Griner #Texas #NewYork #democracynow

http://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/9/headlines

"A Vindication for Agitation": Dave Zirin on How Brittney Griner's Supporters Secured Her Freedom - Basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the United States early Friday after nearly 10 months of detention in Russia. Griner was freed Thursday in a dramatic prisoner swap between the United States and Russia, with the Biden administration agreeing to free Viktor Bout, a convicted... #Griner #democracynow

http://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/9/brittney_griner_freedom_russia_prisoner_swap

Brittney Griner Goes Home, Pledges WNBA Return and Support for Paul Whelan - Griner, in her first public comments since being freed from imprisonment in Russia, said she would return to the Phoenix Mercury next season and work to free wrongful detainees outside the United States. #Griner #nytimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/sports/brittney-griner-wnba-home.html

Where Brittney Griner spent the week: A military program for ex-hostages - Basketball star Brittney Griner has spent several days doing "post-isolation support activities" at a military base in San Antonio. Here's what that means. #Griner #washingtonpost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/16/brittney-griner-military-program-ex-hostages/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national

Ukraine reports Russian planes in Belarusian skies - • Exclusive: FIFA rebuffs Zelensky's request to share message of peace at World Cup final
• Brittney Griner is headed home and she intends to play basketball this season #Ukraine #Griner #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-12-16-22/h_7b47e2d75f4480612b5a70c8c157caaa

Brittney Griner plans return to WNBA and thanks Biden on release from medical facility - Basketball star released from Russian detention last week32-year-old aims to return to WNBA for new seasonBrittney Griner has left the Texas army facility where she was undergoing physical and mental evaluation following her release from 10 months of detention in... #Griner #Texas #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/16/brittney-griner-released-medical-facility-wnba-return-basketball

Brittney Griner says she'll play in the upcoming WNBA season - In her first public statement since being freed from Russia, the two-time Olympic gold medalist says she'll play for her team, the Phoenix Mercury, when the season starts in May. #Griner #npr

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143422829/brittney-griner-wnba-return-phoenix-mercury-2023

Brittney Griner plans return to WNBA and thanks Biden on release from medical facility - Basketball star released from Russian detention last week32-year-old aims to return to WNBA for new seasonBrittney Griner has left the Texas army facility where she was undergoing physical and mental evaluation following her release from 10 months of detention in... #Griner #Texas #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/16/brittney-griner-released-medical-facility-wnba-return-basketball

Love.

Brittney #Griner just posted to her Instagram: "President Biden, you brought me home and I know you are committed to bringing Paul Whelan and all Americans home too. I will use my platform to do whatever I can to help you."

15.12.2022, video:

Russian TV admits they gave Brittney #Griner an unfair #sentence to #exhange her for a high-profile Russian.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

Headlines for December 8, 2022 - Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Upend Federal Election Rules, Peruvian Lawmakers Remove President Pedro Castillo from Office and Arrest Him, U.N. Says Over 17,000 Civilians Have Been Killed Since Russia Invaded Ukraine, Mohammed bin Salman Welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Saudi Capital, Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians in Jenin Raid , 2 Killed as Iraqi Forces Open Fire on... #Griner #democracynow

http://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/8/headlines

In Liberia and Across Africa, Viktor Bout’s Bloody Legacy Is Still Felt - The Russian arms dealer swapped for Brittney Griner was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans. But in the 1990s and early 2000s, he supplied weapons to myriad African conflicts. #Griner #nytimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/world/africa/viktor-bout-arms-liberia.html

Headlines for December 13, 2022 - G7 Leaders Pledge More Aid to Ukraine as Zelensky Appeals for Weapons and Fuel, Viktor Bout Joins Russian Ultranationalist Party; Brittney Griner Resumes Playing Basketball, Disgraced Cryptocurrency Executive Sam Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas, Iranian Protester Publicly Hanged from Crane After Secretive Trial, Attack on Kabul Hotel Kills 3; Taliban Resumes Public... #Ukraine #Griner #Nevada #democracynow

http://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/13/headlines

Brittney Griner reunites with her family at Texas military facility, where she got some barbeque and made her first dunk since her release - Freed from a Russian penal colony and back on American soil, WNBA star Brittney Griner got her first taste of a return to normal life at a Texas military facility over the weekend. #Griner #Texas #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/us/brittney-griner-us-arrival-tuesday/index.html

@theghostoftomjoad The ones complaining are just flat out racists. I agree with you about the trade. Bout did ten yrs. He’s long out of the loop & as you said to get back in he just displaces the creeps who filled his void. Worst case it’s a null. Best case the internecine fighting actually disrupts the flow a tiny bit. #Bout #Griner #BlackMastodon

Victor #Bout did jail time he did not have "impunity".

Even if he goes back into arms sales, he'll displace other dealers and won't necessarily increase net arms sales.

Even if #Griner acted unwisely, she didn't deserve hard time (likely to have been in part due to her intersectional position in multiple targeted protected classes.)

It was a masterful stroke of on Biden's part. Unlike TFG he saved an American. She is also BTW a star athlete. Bout is a nobody loser. We traded shit for gold

After nearly 10 months of imprisonment in Russia, Brittney Griner is recuperating at a US military medical facility - • US official shares details of Brittney Griner's flight home
• Zelensky cites 'Russian missile terror' in call with Biden
• Ukraine launches missile attack on Russian-occupied Melitopol, explosions reported in Donetsk and Crimea #Griner #Ukraine #cnn

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/12/us/brittney-griner-us-arrival-monday/index.html

Brittney Griner in Texas medical facility as political fallout over swap continues - Basketball star is being debriefed at San Antonio army facility as plight of other Americans held in Russia continuesBrittney Griner, the American basketball star who has been released from almost 10 months of detention in Russia in a prisoner swap with the notorious... #Griner #Texas #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/11/brittney-griner-political-fallout-over-prisoner-swap-continues

Brittney Griner in Texas medical facility as political fallout over swap continues - Basketball star is being debriefed at San Antonio army facility as plight of other Americans held in Russia continuesBrittney Griner, the American basketball star who has been released from almost 10 months of detention in Russia in a prisoner swap with the notorious... #Griner #Texas #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/11/brittney-griner-political-fallout-over-prisoner-swap-continues

After the honeymoon, former detainees say, comes ‘surviving survival’ - Brittney Griner is now part of a small club nobody wants to join, former detainees say. But many have found kinship with each other while readjusting to life back home. #Griner #washingtonpost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/11/brittney-griner-former-detainees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national

9 dec 2022 ⬇️

Convicted #Russian operative Maria #Butina appeared on Russian TV to assert that it was Russia's decision that Brittney #Griner was exchanged for Viktor #Bout (as opposed to Paul #Whelan), describing it as "an offer that can't be refused" & boasting about Russia's "position of power."

#RussianMediaMonitor #RussiaIsATerroristState

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9 dec 2022 ⬇️

Meanwhile in #Russia: top state TV #propagandists reveal the narrative they'll be pushing to harm #Biden and enrage #Americans about the exchange of Brittney #Griner for Viktor #Bout by falsely claiming that it wasn't Russia's decision to oppose #Whelan's release, as opposed to Griner.

#RussianMediaMonitor #RussiaIsATerroristState

Sincèrement : heureux dénouement pour cette basketteurs qui ne meritait pas ça.

Néanmoins, sérieusement ?

#Washington et #Moscou échangent des prisonniers : la #basketteuse Brittney #Griner contre le #traficant d' #armes #russe Viktor #Bout . Cet échange est totalement inégal et ridicule, c'est pitoyable.

https://www.liberation.fr/international/europe/washington-et-moscou-echangent-des-prisonniers-la-basketteuse-brittney-griner-contre-le-marchand-darmes-russe-viktor-bout-20221208_2QQWIJETPFFUNDRXTVEWIWYJE4/

#Moskau, #Kreml
#Putin‘s erstes Telefonat nach dem erfolgreichen Gefangenenaustausch von #Griner gegen den russischen Waffenhändler #Bout.

Da #Russland jetzt ein #Terror-Staat ist, könne man auch beliefert werden, so #Peskov.

Griner freed in US-Russia prisoner swap

#freed #prisonerswap #griner
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❗️WNBA-Star Brittney #Griner wurde im Gefangenenaustausch gegen den verurteilten Waffenhändler Viktor #Bout aus der Haft in #Russland entlassen.

👉 1 Gramm Haschischöl zu besitzen ist also ungefähr so gefährlich, wie Waffenhandel an Terroristen für über 20 Jahre zu betreiben.