{"id":1602363,"date":"2022-08-12T07:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602363"},"modified":"2022-08-12T07:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T11:03:53","slug":"russia-confirms-prisoner-exchange-talks-with-u-s-following-wnba-star-brittney-griner-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-confirms-prisoner-exchange-talks-with-u-s-following-wnba-star-brittney-griner-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Confirms Prisoner Exchange Talks With U.S. Following WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentencing"},"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\">26<\/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%2Frussia-confirms-prisoner-exchange-talks-with-u-s-following-wnba-star-brittney-griner-sentencing%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=1602363&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--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">For the first time since WNBA star Brittney Griner was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/brittney-griner-guilty-plea-gamble-speed-russia-exit-prisoner-swap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>arrested on drug charges<\/u><\/a> in February, Russia has confirmed that prisoner swap negotiations with the United States are taking place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">On Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ivan Nechayev confirmed that negotiations between the two countries were underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Brittney-Griner24.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Brittney Griner is escorted from a courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Alexander Zemlianichenko)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Instructions were given to authorized structures to carry out negotiations,&#8221; Nechayev said. &#8220;They are being conducted by competent authorities,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/08\/11\/russia-prisoner-exchange-griner-whelan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Washington Post reported<\/a>, citing Russian state media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griners-sentence-puts-spotlight-back-strained-us-russia-relations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BRITTNEY GRINER\u2019S SENTENCE PUTS SPOTLIGHT BACK ON STRAINED US-RUSSIA RELATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Griner was sentenced last week to nine years in a Russian prison after being convicted of drug possession and drug smuggling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Griner admitted to bringing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into Russia but contended she made an &#8220;an honest mistake&#8221; when doing so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/brittney-griner-trial-russian-court-hands-down-verdict-wnba-stars-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BRITTNEY GRINER TRIAL: RUSSIAN COURT HANDS DOWN VERDICT, SENTENCE IN WNBA STAR\u2019S CASE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of July, Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed that the Biden administration had made a &#8220;substantial proposal&#8221; to Russia in order to facilitate the return of Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1242261104.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"\u00a0Brittney Griner stands in a defendants&#039; cage before a court hearing on Aug. 2, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      \u00a0Brittney Griner stands in a defendants&#8217; cage before a court hearing on Aug. 2, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Evgenia Novozhenina\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images))<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We put a substantial proposal on the table weeks ago to facilitate their release,&#8221; Blinken said of the two Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/07\/27\/antony-blinken-russia-deal-griner-whelan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Axios<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following Griner\u2019s sentencing,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/biden-calls-brittney-griner-sentence-unacceptable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u> President Biden called the verdict<\/u><\/a> &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and reiterated that Griner was wrongfully detained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, American citizen Brittney Griner received a prison sentence that is one more reminder of what the world already knew: Russia is wrongfully detaining Brittney,&#8221; Biden said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Brittney-Griner25.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Brittney Griner holds up a photo during a hearing in Khimki, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Brittney Griner holds up a photo during a hearing in Khimki, Russia, on Aug. 4, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Evgenia Novozhenina\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s unacceptable, and I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates.\u00a0 My administration will continue to work tirelessly and pursue every possible avenue to bring Brittney and Paul Whelan home safely as soon as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Ryan Gaydos contributed to this story<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Joe Morgan is a Sports Reporter for Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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