{"id":1584848,"date":"2022-08-02T12:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584848"},"modified":"2022-08-02T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:24:44","slug":"brittney-griner-appears-in-russian-court-after-u-s-makes-swap-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brittney-griner-appears-in-russian-court-after-u-s-makes-swap-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner appears in Russian court after U.S. makes swap offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrittney-griner-appears-in-russian-court-after-u-s-makes-swap-offer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) \u2013     U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner returned to stand trial at a Russian court on Tuesday as the United States sought to secure her release with a prisoner swap to help her avoid up to 10 years in jail on drugs charges.<\/p>\n<p>Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medallist and a Women\u2019s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star, was detained at Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo airport on Feb. 17 with vape cartridges containing hashish oil in her luggage.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States has made a \u201csubstantial offer\u201d to Russia to release American citizens held in Russia, including Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan.<\/p>\n<p>A source said that Washington was willing to exchange convicted arms trafficker Viktor Bout, known as the \u201cMerchant of Death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia said that there was no deal yet, and Griner is unlikely to be swapped until there is a verdict, which could happen by mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>Griner, 31, has pleaded guilty to the charges against her but has denied that she intended to break Russian law. <\/p>\n<p>Wearing a plain khaki T-shirt and round-rimmed glassed, Griner was ushered a courtroom by police at Khimki District Court outside Moscow, Griner held up personal photographs before taking a seat in the defendant\u2019s cage. <\/p>\n<p>The two-time Olympic champion testified last week that she could not understand how the vape cartridges had ended up in her luggage, speculating that she had inadvertently packed them as she rushed to leave. <\/p>\n<p>Griner had been her way to join her Russian team, UMMC Ekaterinburg, for the playoffs after spending time at home in the United States.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Reuters; 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