{"id":2239243,"date":"2024-05-07T14:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brittney-griner-says-she-knew-she-would-be-used-as-putins-pawn-while-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T18:12:42","slug":"brittney-griner-says-she-knew-she-would-be-used-as-putins-pawn-while-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brittney-griner-says-she-knew-she-would-be-used-as-putins-pawn-while-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Brittney Griner anticipated being used as &#8216;Putin&#8217;s pawn&#8217; in Russia"},"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\">20<\/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-says-she-knew-she-would-be-used-as-putins-pawn-while-in-russia%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=2239243&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>WNBA player Brittney Griner shares her experience\u200d in a Russian \u2062prison after \u200dbeing held \u200chostage, aware of Putin&#8217;s intentions. Detained from Feb \u2063to Dec 2022 for \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-schumer-plans-to-push-federal-marijuana-reform-to-high-priority\/\" title=\"Sen. Schumer plans to push federal marijuana reform to high priority\">cannabis possession<\/a>, she reflects on her ordeal \u200din \u2062Moscow. Griner&#8217;s book\u200c &#8220;Coming Home&#8221; includes a chapter\u200b titled &#8220;Putin&#8217;s Pawn.&#8221; WNBA player Brittney Griner \u200breflects on\u200b her time in a Russian prison after being held hostage, aware of Putin&#8217;s intentions. Detained from\u2063 February \u2062to December 2022 for cannabis possession, she\u200b shares her ordeal in Moscow. Griner&#8217;s \u2063book &#8220;Coming\u2064 Home&#8221; \u200cfeatures a chapter titled\u200c &#8220;Putin&#8217;s Pawn.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>WNBA player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brittney-griner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brittney Griner<\/a> reflected on her time in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russian<\/a> prison while being held hostage in the country, noting how she knew Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> was going to make the most of her hostage situation.<\/p>\n<p>Griner was held in Russia from February 2022 through December 2022 for having cannabis oil in her baggage at an airport in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/moscow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Moscow<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>basketball<\/a> player was asked about a chapter titled \u201cPutin\u2019s Pawn\u201d in her new book, <em>Coming Home<\/em>, and if she knew that the Kremlin would attempt to use her to its advantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh yes, 100%,\u201d Griner told MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid. \u201cI mean, the few times that I would get the guards to say something to me when I\u2019m like, \u2018Where am I going? Am I the only one in the cell?\u2019 I knew that the American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">basketball player<\/a> had to be by themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkIxxwWeooQ?si=AvR1im_NT5fTGUyl\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Griner explained that prisoners are typically kept together in a holding cell instead of a prisoner getting a cell to him or herself. The WNBA player also noted how many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/well-be-watching-more-than-200-high-profile-women-demand-big-tech-stop-pandemic-of-online-abuse-against-women-and-girls\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019ll Be Watching\u2019: More Than 200 High-Profile Women Demand Big Tech Stop \u2018Pandemic Of Online Abuse Against Women And Girls\u2019\">high-profile people<\/a> at the prison were \u201calways there\u201d and that she knew she was getting \u201cspecial treatment\u201d compared to the other prisoners.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous interview, Griner reflected on her feelings while being held hostage in Russia and how she felt immense fear due to the unknown details of her hostage situation. Griner was facing up to nine years in prison for being found carrying cannabis at the airport. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Griner was released by Russia in December 2022 when a prisoner swap between the country and the United States was organized. In exchange for Griner, the Biden administration released convicted Russian arms dealer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2607511\/a-look-at-viktor-bout-the-merchant-of-death-biden-freed-in-exchange-for-griner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Viktor Bout<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Griner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>book<\/a> detailing her time as a Russian hostage was released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNBA star Brittney Griner, detained in a Russian prison from Feb to Dec 2022 for carrying cannabis oil, acknowledged being aware of Putin&#8217;s exploitation during her captivity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2239244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127633937302-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24127633937302-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}